Mara Pereira Guerreiro1,2, Madalena Plácido3, Carla Teixeira Barros3,4, Anabela Coelho5, Anabela Graça6, Maria João Gaspar5, Sofia de Oliveira Martins3. 1. Escola Superior de Enfermagem de Lisboa (ESEL), Lisboa, Portugal. 2. Centro de investigação interdisciplinar Egas Moniz (CiiEM), Instituto Superior de Ciências da Saúde Egas Moniz (ISCSEM), Monte de Caparica, Portugal. 3. Faculdade Farmácia (FFULisboa), Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal. 4. Faculdade de Farmácia, Instituto de Investigação do Medicamento (iMed.ULisboa), Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal. 5. Departamento da Qualidade na Saúde, Direção-Geral da Saúde, Lisbon, Portugal. 6. ESTeSL-Escola Superior de Tecnologia de Saúde de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal.
Abstract
OBJECTIVES: To determine the face and content validity of items for measuring safe medication practices in Portuguese hospitals. METHODS: 128 items were drafted from content analysis of existing questionnaires and the literature, employing preferred terms of the WHO International Classification for Patient Safety (Portuguese version). A two-round e-Delphi was convened, using a purposive multidisciplinary panel. Hospital-based experts were asked to rate the relevance of items on a 7-point Likert scale and to comment on their clarity and completeness. RESULTS: The response rate was similar in both rounds (70.3% and 73.4%, respectively). In the first round 91/128 (71.1%) items reached the predefined level of positive consensus. In the second round 23 additional items reached positive consensus, as well as seven items newly derived by the panel. CONCLUSIONS: Most items have face and content validity, indicating relevance and clarity, and can be included in a future questionnaire for measuring safe medication practices in Portuguese hospitals.
OBJECTIVES: To determine the face and content validity of items for measuring safe medication practices in Portuguese hospitals. METHODS: 128 items were drafted from content analysis of existing questionnaires and the literature, employing preferred terms of the WHO International Classification for Patient Safety (Portuguese version). A two-round e-Delphi was convened, using a purposive multidisciplinary panel. Hospital-based experts were asked to rate the relevance of items on a 7-point Likert scale and to comment on their clarity and completeness. RESULTS: The response rate was similar in both rounds (70.3% and 73.4%, respectively). In the first round 91/128 (71.1%) items reached the predefined level of positive consensus. In the second round 23 additional items reached positive consensus, as well as seven items newly derived by the panel. CONCLUSIONS: Most items have face and content validity, indicating relevance and clarity, and can be included in a future questionnaire for measuring safe medication practices in Portuguese hospitals.
Authors: Paulo Sousa; António Sousa Uva; Florentino Serranheira; Carla Nunes; Ema S Leite Journal: BMC Health Serv Res Date: 2014-07-18 Impact factor: 2.655