Papastavrou E, Papaioannou M, Evripidou M, Tsangari H, Kouta C, Merkouris A. Development of a Tool for the Assessment of Nurses' Attitudes Toward Delirium.
J Nurs Meas 2019;
27:277-296. [PMID:
31511410 DOI:
10.1891/1061-3749.27.2.277]
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Abstract
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE
The prevalence of delirium during hospitalization is high in older patients and there is evidence of staff regarding them as unpopular or a burden. This study aims to develop an instrument examining nurses' attitudes toward patients with delirium.
METHODS
Stages included (a) content identification, (b) content development, (c) content critique, (e) pilot study with a test-retest reliability, (f) field study consisting of psychometric testing of the internal consistency and construct validity.
RESULTS
The Cronbach's alpha was 0.89 and the stability reliability was acceptable. The factor analysis resulted in three factors explaining a total of 56.5% of the variance. hese factors are "beliefs," "behavior," and "emotions," explaining 37.025%, 12.792%, and 5.652% of variance.
CONCLUSIONS
The Attitude Tool of Delirium (ATOD) is a reliable and valid instrument for the assessment of attitudes toward delirium.
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