Abstract RATIONALE: There is growing interest in validating tools aimed at supporting the clinical decision-making process and research. However, an increased bureaucratization of clinical practice and redundancies in the measures collected have been reported by clinicians. Redundancies in clinical assessments affect negatively both patients and nurses. METHODS: To validate a meta-tool measuring the risks/problems currently estimated by multiple tools used in daily practice. A secondary analysis of a database was performed, using a cross-validation and a longitudinal study designs. In total, 1464 patients admitted to 12 medical units in 2012 were assessed at admission with the Brass, Barthel, Conley and Braden tools. Pertinent outcomes such as the occurrence of post-discharge need for resources and functional decline at discharge, as well as falls and pressure sores, were measured. Explorative factor analysis of each tool, inter-tool correlations and a conceptual evaluation of the redundant/similar items across tools were performed. Therefore, the validation of the meta-tool was performed through explorative factor analysis, confirmatory factor analysis and the structural equation model to establish the ability of the meta-tool to predict the outcomes estimated by the original tools. RESULTS: High correlations between the tools have emerged (from r 0.428 to 0.867) with a common variance from 18.3% to 75.1%. Through a conceptual evaluation and explorative factor analysis, the items were reduced from 42 to 20, and the three factors that emerged were confirmed by confirmatory factor analysis. According to the structural equation model results, two out of three emerged factors predicted the outcomes. CONCLUSIONS: From the initial 42 items, the meta-tool is composed of 20 items capable of predicting the outcomes as with the original tools.

OVERCOMING REDUNDANCIES IN BEDSIDE NURSING ASSESSMENTS BY VALIDATING A PARSIMONIOUS META-TOOL: FINDINGS FROM A METHODOLOGICAL EXERCISE STUDY / Alvisa Palese; Eva Marini; Annamaria Guarnier; Paolo Barelli; Paola Zambiasi; Elisabetta Allegrini; Letizia Bazoli; Paola Casson; Meri Marin; Marisa Padovan; Michele Picogna; Patrizia Taddia; Paolo Chiari; Daniele Salmaso; Oliva Marognolli; Federica Canzan; Elisa Ambrosi; Luisa Saiani; Luca Grassetti. - In: JOURNAL OF EVALUATION IN CLINICAL PRACTICE. - ISSN 1356-1294. - STAMPA. - 22:5(2016), pp. 771-780. [10.1111/jep.12539]

OVERCOMING REDUNDANCIES IN BEDSIDE NURSING ASSESSMENTS BY VALIDATING A PARSIMONIOUS META-TOOL: FINDINGS FROM A METHODOLOGICAL EXERCISE STUDY.

CHIARI, PAOLO;AMBROSI, ELISA;
2016

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Abstract RATIONALE: There is growing interest in validating tools aimed at supporting the clinical decision-making process and research. However, an increased bureaucratization of clinical practice and redundancies in the measures collected have been reported by clinicians. Redundancies in clinical assessments affect negatively both patients and nurses. METHODS: To validate a meta-tool measuring the risks/problems currently estimated by multiple tools used in daily practice. A secondary analysis of a database was performed, using a cross-validation and a longitudinal study designs. In total, 1464 patients admitted to 12 medical units in 2012 were assessed at admission with the Brass, Barthel, Conley and Braden tools. Pertinent outcomes such as the occurrence of post-discharge need for resources and functional decline at discharge, as well as falls and pressure sores, were measured. Explorative factor analysis of each tool, inter-tool correlations and a conceptual evaluation of the redundant/similar items across tools were performed. Therefore, the validation of the meta-tool was performed through explorative factor analysis, confirmatory factor analysis and the structural equation model to establish the ability of the meta-tool to predict the outcomes estimated by the original tools. RESULTS: High correlations between the tools have emerged (from r 0.428 to 0.867) with a common variance from 18.3% to 75.1%. Through a conceptual evaluation and explorative factor analysis, the items were reduced from 42 to 20, and the three factors that emerged were confirmed by confirmatory factor analysis. According to the structural equation model results, two out of three emerged factors predicted the outcomes. CONCLUSIONS: From the initial 42 items, the meta-tool is composed of 20 items capable of predicting the outcomes as with the original tools.
2016
OVERCOMING REDUNDANCIES IN BEDSIDE NURSING ASSESSMENTS BY VALIDATING A PARSIMONIOUS META-TOOL: FINDINGS FROM A METHODOLOGICAL EXERCISE STUDY / Alvisa Palese; Eva Marini; Annamaria Guarnier; Paolo Barelli; Paola Zambiasi; Elisabetta Allegrini; Letizia Bazoli; Paola Casson; Meri Marin; Marisa Padovan; Michele Picogna; Patrizia Taddia; Paolo Chiari; Daniele Salmaso; Oliva Marognolli; Federica Canzan; Elisa Ambrosi; Luisa Saiani; Luca Grassetti. - In: JOURNAL OF EVALUATION IN CLINICAL PRACTICE. - ISSN 1356-1294. - STAMPA. - 22:5(2016), pp. 771-780. [10.1111/jep.12539]
Alvisa Palese; Eva Marini; Annamaria Guarnier; Paolo Barelli; Paola Zambiasi; Elisabetta Allegrini; Letizia Bazoli; Paola Casson; Meri Marin; Marisa Padovan; Michele Picogna; Patrizia Taddia; Paolo Chiari; Daniele Salmaso; Oliva Marognolli; Federica Canzan; Elisa Ambrosi; Luisa Saiani; Luca Grassetti
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