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Sternal Wound Infection Prediction Scale: A test of the reliability and validity
Author(s) -
Troutman Soundra G.,
Hussey Leslie C.,
Hynan Linda,
Lucisano Karen
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
nursing and health sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.563
H-Index - 47
eISSN - 1442-2018
pISSN - 1441-0745
DOI - 10.1046/j.1442-2018.2001.00059.x
Subject(s) - medicine , wound infection , reliability (semiconductor) , chart , scale (ratio) , diabetes mellitus , surgery , intensive care medicine , statistics , power (physics) , physics , mathematics , quantum mechanics , endocrinology
Abstract The purpose of the present study was to determine the reliability and validity of the Sternal Wound Infection Prediction Scale. The tool was developed to fill the need for a quick and easy way to determine which patients are at risk of developing a sternal wound infection in order that preventive measures can be instituted. Data were collected by a retrospective chart review of 56 patient records, 27 who developed a sternal wound infection and 29 who did not. In this group of patients, obesity and diabetes were found to be statistically significant risk factors. Pharmacological support was found to be a clinically significant factor. Of the infected group, 68.4% of patients who developed a sternal wound infection were predicted to do so by the tool.