Open AccessDesign and development of the home healthcare worker observation tool
Author(s) -
Elizabeth Bien,
Kermit G. Davis,
Tamara F. Small,
Susan Reutman,
Gordon Gillespie
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of nursing education and practice
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1925-4059
pISSN - 1925-4040
DOI - 10.5430/jnep.v11n9p29
Subject(s) - content validity , usability , internal consistency , reliability (semiconductor) , scale (ratio) , consistency (knowledge bases) , health care , psychology , computer science , applied psychology , psychometrics , clinical psychology , geography , human–computer interaction , artificial intelligence , cartography , power (physics) , physics , quantum mechanics , economic growth , economics
Background: The rapidly growing number of home healthcare workers (HHCW) are exposed to unique occupational hazards within each patient home. This article describes the development of an observation tool to document occupational hazards HHCWs encounter.Methods: Tool development followed three steps: determining content domain, content validity, and inter-rater agreement.Results: Expert feedback guided the revision of content domain to 636 items. Scale level content validity index (S-CVI) was 0.90. Inter-rater agreement tests resulted in percent agreement and accuracy mean of 89.5% and frequency variables resulted in standard deviations from 0 to 8.62.Conclusions: The observation tool encompasses the diverse range of occupational hazards HHCWs encounter; inter-rater percent agreement and overall accuracy scores were acceptable. Future pilot testing of this tool among broader raters and populations is recommended to characterize its usability, internal consistency, and reliability to assess HHCW occupational hazards.