Validation of the Workplace Integrated Safety and Health (WISH) assessment in a sample of nursing homes using Item Response Theory (IRT) methods.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To validate and test the dimensionality of six constructs from the Workplace Integrated Safety and Health (WISH) assessment, an instrument that assesses the extent to which organisations implement integrated systems approaches for protecting and promoting worker health, safety and well-being, in a sample of nursing homes in the USA.

Design

Validation of an assessment scale using data from a cross-sectional survey.

Setting

Nursing homes certified by the Centers for Medicaid and Medicare services in three states of the USA: Ohio, California and Massachusetts.

Participants

569 directors of nursing from nursing homes serving adults and with more than 30 beds participated in the study.

Results

Graded response Item Response Theory (IRT) models showe

SUBMITTER: Lopez Gomez MA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8215260 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature