Reliability of High-Alert Medications Questionnaire in Turkish Healthcare Professionals

Autor: Feyza ÖZTÜRK, Öznur ALTIPARMAK, Beyza TORUN, Muhammed Yunus BEKTAY, Mesut SANCAR, Betül OKUYAN
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2022
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Zdroj: Bezmiâlem Science, Vol 10, Iss 1, Pp 17-23 (2022)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2148-2373
DOI: 10.14235/bas.galenos.2020.5238
Popis: Objective:This study aimed to evaluate the reliability of the High- Alert Medications (HAM) Questionnaire in Turkish healthcare professionals.Methods:This methodological study was conducted between December 2017 and January 2018 in a private university hospital. The healthcare professionals, including nurses, health service technicians, and pharmacists, who are older than 18 years old were eligible for this study. After following the appropriate translation and cultural adaptation process, the internal consistency of the HAM Questionnaire using the Kuder-Richardson 20 coefficient and test-retest reliability was evaluated.Results:Among 146 healthcare professionals, the mean age was 25.40±5.16 years, wherein 76% were females. Most participants were nurses (69.9%) and other healthcare professionals were health service technicians (28.1%) and pharmacists (2.0%). The mean total score of the HAM Questionnaire was 70.00±19.50. The Kuder- Richardson 20 was 0.815. A statistically significant correlation was found between the scores of the HAM Questionnaire at baseline and after 15 days, which confirmed the test-retest reliability (r=0.527; p
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