Research in Nursing and Health
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Cơ quản chủ quản: John Wiley & Sons Inc. , WILEY
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Nursing (miscellaneous)
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The content validity index: Are you sure you know what's being reported? critique and recommendations
Tập 29 Số 5 - Trang 489-497 - 2006
Sample size in qualitative researchAbstract A common misconception about sampling in qualitative research is that numbers are unimportant in ensuring the adequacy of a sampling strategy. Yet, simple sizes may be too small to support claims of having achieved either informational redundancy or theoretical saturation, or too large to permit the deep, case‐oriented analysis that is the raison‐d'etre of ... ...
Tập 18 Số 2 - Trang 179-183 - 1995
Is the CVI an acceptable indicator of content validity? Appraisal and recommendationsAbstract Nurse researchers typically provide evidence of content validity for instruments by computing a content validity index (CVI), based on experts' ratings of item relevance. We compared the CVI to alternative indexes and concluded that the widely‐used CVI has advantages with regard to ease of computation, understandability, focus on agreement of r... ...
Tập 30 Số 4 - Trang 459-467 - 2007
What's in a name? Qualitative description revisitedAbstract “Whatever Happened to Qualitative Description?” (Sandelowski, 2000) was written to critique the prevailing tendency in qualitative health research to claim the use of methods that were not actually used and to clarify a methodological approach rarely identified as a distinctive method. The article has generated several misconceptions, most notably that qual... ...
Tập 33 Số 1 - Trang 77-84 - 2010
Considerations in determining sample size for pilot studiesAbstract There is little published guidance concerning how large a pilot study should be. General guidelines, for example using 10% of the sample required for a full study, may be inadequate for aims such as assessment of the adequacy of instrumentation or providing statistical estimates for a larger study. This article illustrates how confidence intervals construct... ...
Tập 31 Số 2 - Trang 180-191 - 2008
Psychometric assessment of the quality of life indexAbstract The purpose of this study was to examine the psychometric properties of the Quality of Life Index (QLI) (Ferrans & Powers, 1985). The sample consisted of 349 patients selected randomly from the adult, in‐unit hemodialysis patient population of Illinois. Factor analysis was used to examine the underlying factor structure. A four‐factor solution best fit ... ...
Tập 15 Số 1 - Trang 29-38 - 1992
Development and psychometric evaluation of the exercise benefits/barriers scaleAbstract Initial psychometric evaluation of an instrument to measure perceived benefits of exercise and perceived barriers to exercise was based on the responses of 650 adults and included item analysis, factor analysis, and reliability measures. Factor analysis yielded nine factors, five benefits and four barriers, which explained 64.9% of the variance in the 43‐it... ...
Tập 10 Số 6 - Trang 357-365 - 1987
Assessment of discomfort in advanced Alzheimer patientsAbstract An objective scale for measuring discomfort in noncommunicative patients with advanced Alzheimer's disease was empirically generated from the perspectives of nursing staff practicing on special care Alzheimer units and was judged to have content validity. On the basis of a pilot test, the discomfort scale was reduced to nine items. Quantifiable scoring proc... ...
Tập 15 Số 5 - Trang 369-377 - 1992
Attentional fatigue following breast cancer surgeryAbstract Attentional fatigue usually follows intense use of mental effort and is manifested as a decreased capacity to concentrate, that is, to direct attention. The purpose of this study was to examine the capacity to direct attention in persons with cancer during the initial phase of illness. The sample consisted of 32 women without cognitive or affective disorder... ...
Tập 15 Số 3 - Trang 199-207 - 1992
Depression, perceived stress, and social support among first‐time Chinese mothers and fathers in the postpartum periodAbstract We compared the prevalence of depression in the postpartum period and its relationship with perceived stress and social support in first‐time mothers and fathers. A cross‐sectional study was conducted in mainland China with a convenience sample of 130 pairs of parents. Measures taken at 6–8 weeks after delivery included the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Sc... ...
Tập 32 Số 1 - Trang 50-58 - 2009