VALIDITY AND RELIABILITY OF NURSES’ KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, AND PRACTICES REGARDING ENHANCED RECOVERY AFTER SURGERY (ERAS) QUESTIONNAIRE

Thị Hồng Minh Nguyễn1, Thị Thanh Tâm Trần1,, Thị Bích Thủy Trần1, Thị Bích Ngọc Nguyễn1, Thị Tuyết Hương Nguyễn1, Thị Ánh Nhung Nguyễn1, Thị Tuyết Lan Hoàng1, Thị Cẩm Nhung Võ 1, Thị Hồng Nhẩn Võ 1, Thị Thảo Linh Nguyễn1
1 University of Medicine and Pharmacy at Ho Chi Minh City hospital

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Background: Developing a tailored questionnaire assessing knowledge, attitudes and practices (KAP) of nurses about Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) program is necessary to identify the knowledge, attitudes and practices gaps, thereby facilitating interventions to improve the efficiency of care for patients after surgery. This study was conducted to evaluate the validity and reliability of knowledge, attitudes and practices regarding ERAS questionnaire for surgical nurses. Research object and method: The questionnaire on knowledge, attitudes and practices regarding ERAS was developed, based on guildlines and literatures related to ERAS. The validity was measured through 5 experts’ opinion, by the Iterm content validity index, scale content validity index (I-CVI, S-CVI) and the interrater reliability (Cohen's Kappa). The reliability was examined on 102 nurse’s feedback data with 3 main parameters: consistency coefficient (Cronbach's Alpha), internal consistency reliability by Split-Half reliability and partial correlation between the variables with Kaiser Meyer Olkin test (KMO). Results: The I-CVI values of knowledge, attitudes and practices component reached from 0.8 – 1.0. The range of S-CVI was 0.99 – 1.0 and Cohen's Kappa was 0.76 – 1.0. The coefficient of consistency Cronbach's Alpha in the components of knowledge, attitudes, and practices was 0.67, 0.89, and 0.86, respectively. The whole questionnaire’s Cronbach's Alpha was 0.81 (p<0.05). The Split-Half coefficient of knowledge component was 0.61- 0,6, attitude was 0.80 -0,82, and practice was 0.76 - 0.84. The KMO coefficient is 0.7 (p<0.05). Conclusion: This questionnaire has high validity and reliability and was able to be used to assess the knowledge, attitudes and practices regarding ERAS of nurses.

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