Validity and reliability of a questionnaire assessing the knowledge, attitude, and awareness in the informal caregivers of comatose patients: An observational study.

IF 0.5 Q4 CLINICAL NEUROLOGY
Aishwarya Swaminathan, Sanjiv Kumar
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Abstract

Background: Comatose is a state of deep unconsciousness in an individual being unresponsive which has an impact on the informal caregivers providing care to their kinships. The validity and reliability of the domains of the Knowledge, Attitude, Awareness-Comatose Caregiver Questionnaire (KAA-CCQ) and has been taken into consideration as an outcome measure to assess the level of knowledge, attitude, and awareness among the caregivers of comatose patients. Methods: 68 informal caregivers above the age of 18 years related to comatose patients were included in the study. The self-developed KAA-CCQ was administered on the informal caregivers of comatose patients to assess the level of knowledge, attitude, and awareness regarding coma. Validity and reliability of the questionnaire were calculated by Spearman's rank correlation and Cronbach΄s alpha, respectively. Results: The reliability of all the three domains and the questionnaire was found to be 0.8 and the item correlation with respect to the domain was above 0.6 for the knowledge whereas it was above 0.6 for the attitude and awareness domains that justified the validity of the questionnaire, and also the questionnaire had an excellent reliability. Conclusion: The KAA-CCQ will be a suitable questionnaire to assess the knowledge, attitude, and awareness in the informal caregivers of comatose patients.

评估昏迷病人非正式照护者的知识、态度和意识的问卷效度和信度:一项观察性研究。
背景:昏迷是一种个体处于无反应状态的深度无意识状态,它对提供亲属照顾的非正式照顾者产生影响。知识,态度,意识-昏迷护理者问卷(KAA-CCQ)域的效度和信度已被考虑作为评估昏迷患者护理者的知识,态度和意识水平的结果措施。方法:选取68名18岁以上与昏迷患者相关的非正式护理人员。采用自主开发的KAA-CCQ对昏迷患者的非正式护理人员进行评估,以评估其对昏迷的认识、态度和意识水平。问卷的效度和信度分别采用Spearman’s rank correlation和Cronbach΄s alpha计算。结果:三个领域与问卷的信度均为0.8,其中知识领域的项目相关系数均在0.6以上,态度和意识领域的项目相关系数均在0.6以上,证明了问卷的效度,问卷具有良好的信度。结论:KAA-CCQ是评估非正式护理人员对昏迷患者的知识、态度和意识的一份合适的问卷。
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Current Journal of Neurology
Current Journal of Neurology CLINICAL NEUROLOGY-
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