Development and validation of the Pressure Injury Prevention Barriers questionnaire in hospital nurses in Spain.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To develop and validate a new questionnaire to measure the nurses' perceptions of the barriers towards the prevention of pressure injuries (PIs) at hospitals.

Design

Validation study with mixed methods.

Setting

Four university hospitals in southern Spain.

Participants

The questionnaire was developed based on a literature review. A panel of 14 wound care experts rated the content validity. A sample of 438 nurses (registered nurses and assistant nurses) participated in the survey.

Main outcome measures

The psychometric properties of the Pressure Injury Prevention Barriers (PIPB) questionnaire evaluated were: content validity, internal consistency reliability and construct validity.

Results

The final version of the questionnaire has 25 item

SUBMITTER: Lopez-Franco MD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7780508 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature