Relevance of assessment items in community paramedicine home visit programmes: results of a modified Delphi study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Guidelines for a structured assessment in community paramedicine home visit programmes have not been established and evidence to inform their creation is lacking. We sought to investigate the relevance of assessment items to the practice of community paramedics according to a pre-established clarity-utility matrix.

Design

We designed a modified-Delphi study consisting of predetermined thresholds for achieving consensus, number of rounds of for scoring items, a defined meeting and discussion process, and a sample of participants that was purposefully representative.

Setting and participants

We established a panel of 26 community paramedics representing 20 municipal paramedic services in Ontario, Canada. The sample represented a majority of paramedic services

SUBMITTER: Leyenaar MS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8587454 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature