Development of a Questionnaire to Determine Incidence and Attitudes to "Voluntary Stopping of Eating and Drinking".
content validity
forward/backward translation
questionnaire
standard pretest
voluntary stopping of eating and drinking
Journal
SAGE open nursing
ISSN: 2377-9608
Titre abrégé: SAGE Open Nurs
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 101724853
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Historique:
received:
27
06
2018
accepted:
17
10
2018
entrez:
8
1
2021
pubmed:
8
1
2019
medline:
8
1
2019
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
"Voluntary stopping of eating and drinking" (VSED) is an option to hasten death at the end of life. There are no data available about incidence of either the explicit VSED or implicit (V)SED nor information about experiences and attitudes of health professionals about VSED in Switzerland. To develop, test, and translate a standardized questionnaire that measures the incidence of VSED, and physicians' and nurses' experiences about explicit VSED and implicit (V)SED. The development of the questionnaire was based on a systematic search, which were updated in 2016. The questionnaire was tested by palliative care specialists using standard pretest and content validity index (CVI). Subsequently, a forward/backward translation was made. The questionnaire includes 38 items. Feedback of 15 participants in the standard pretest were positive in terms of intelligibility with an average time of 28 minutes. After adjustment, 27 experts validated the items in two rounds. The questionnaire achieves excellent item-CVI values between 0.91 and 1.00 and scale-CVI values of 0.97. The forward/backward translations were each carried out by two independent translators with subsequent building of a consensus through a consultant. A mulitlingual questionnaire has been developed, which measures the incidence of explicit VSED and implicit (V)SED. This questionnaire is the basis for a Swiss-wide census of all physicians and nurses of outpatient and long-term care.
Sections du résumé
BACKGROUND
BACKGROUND
"Voluntary stopping of eating and drinking" (VSED) is an option to hasten death at the end of life. There are no data available about incidence of either the explicit VSED or implicit (V)SED nor information about experiences and attitudes of health professionals about VSED in Switzerland.
AIMS
OBJECTIVE
To develop, test, and translate a standardized questionnaire that measures the incidence of VSED, and physicians' and nurses' experiences about explicit VSED and implicit (V)SED.
METHODS
METHODS
The development of the questionnaire was based on a systematic search, which were updated in 2016. The questionnaire was tested by palliative care specialists using standard pretest and content validity index (CVI). Subsequently, a forward/backward translation was made.
RESULTS
RESULTS
The questionnaire includes 38 items. Feedback of 15 participants in the standard pretest were positive in terms of intelligibility with an average time of 28 minutes. After adjustment, 27 experts validated the items in two rounds. The questionnaire achieves excellent item-CVI values between 0.91 and 1.00 and scale-CVI values of 0.97. The forward/backward translations were each carried out by two independent translators with subsequent building of a consensus through a consultant.
CONCLUSION
CONCLUSIONS
A mulitlingual questionnaire has been developed, which measures the incidence of explicit VSED and implicit (V)SED. This questionnaire is the basis for a Swiss-wide census of all physicians and nurses of outpatient and long-term care.
Identifiants
pubmed: 33415213
doi: 10.1177/2377960818812356
pii: 10.1177_2377960818812356
pmc: PMC7774350
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Pagination
2377960818812356Informations de copyright
© The Author(s) 2019.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
The author(s) declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article.
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