Open AccessDevelopment and validation of a questionnaire for a survey on perioperative fasting practices in India
Author(s) -
Pradeep A Dongare,
S Bala Bhaskar,
SS Harsoor,
Mani Kalaivani,
Rakesh Garg,
K. Sudheesh,
Goneppanavar Umesh
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
indian journal of anaesthesia/indian journal of anaesthesia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.645
H-Index - 30
eISSN - 0976-2817
pISSN - 0019-5049
DOI - 10.4103/ija.ija_118_19
Subject(s) - medicine , clarity , content validity , grading (engineering) , perioperative , cohen's kappa , statistic , population , index (typography) , family medicine , surgery , clinical psychology , environmental health , statistics , psychometrics , mathematics , engineering , world wide web , computer science , biochemistry , chemistry , civil engineering
Perioperative fasting guidelines have been published and updated to standardise practices. Hence, Indian Society of Anaesthesiologists decided to conduct a survey to assess the fasting practices and the food habits across India, which would be subsequently used for developing preoperative fasting guidelines for the Indian population. We detail and discuss herewith the content validity of the questionnaire developed for the survey.