Development and Psychometric Validation of a Questionnaire to Evaluate Knowledge and Attitude Towards Medication Error Reporting Among Pharmacists.

IF 2.2 Q2 HEALTH CARE SCIENCES & SERVICES

Drug, Healthcare and Patient Safety Pub Date : 2020-05-14 eCollection Date: 2020-01-01 DOI:10.2147/DHPS.S249104

Ruzmayuddin Mamat, Siti Asarida Awang, Ab Fatah Ab Rahman

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Abstract

Purpose: Assessment of medication errors (ME) is crucial to improving the quality of health care. A questionnaire that can be used to explore pharmacists' perspectives regarding ME would be very useful as part of an ongoing process of quality improvement in patient care. The aim of this study was to develop and validate a questionnaire to measure perceived causes of ME and attitude towards ME reporting among pharmacists.

Methods: The questionnaire was developed from the literature together with outcomes from focus group discussions. It was divided into two domains which are knowledge on ME and attitude towards ME reporting. Content validity index (I-CVI), exploratory factor analysis (EFA), Cronbach alpha and intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC) to assess test-retest reliability were obtained during the validation process.

Results: Overall Cronbach alpha for internal consistency was good (0.742), where subscale of the questionnaire demonstrated adequate internal consistency, with Cronbach alpha value 0.83 for knowledge and 0.70 for reporting behaviour attitude. The I-CVI showed good scores (knowledge=0.88) and (attitude=0.81), while ICC was moderately accepted with a value of 0.77. Two factors were extracted from the 16 items in EFA.

Conclusion: The questionnaire to assess knowledge on ME and attitude towards ME reporting among pharmacists is valid and reliable. It demonstrates good psychometric properties.

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药师用药错误报告知识态度调查问卷的编制及心理计量学验证。

目的:用药差错评估对提高医疗服务质量至关重要。一份调查问卷可以用来探索药剂师对ME的看法，这将是非常有用的，因为这是正在进行的患者护理质量改进过程的一部分。本研究的目的是开发并验证一份问卷，以衡量药师对ME报告的认知原因和态度。方法:根据文献和焦点小组讨论的结果编制问卷。它被分为两个领域，即对ME的知识和对ME报告的态度。在验证过程中获得内容效度指数(I-CVI)、探索性因子分析(EFA)、Cronbach alpha和类内相关系数(ICC)来评估重测信度。结果:内部一致性的Cronbach alpha值总体较好(0.742)，其中问卷子量表显示出足够的内部一致性，知识的Cronbach alpha值为0.83，报告行为态度的Cronbach alpha值为0.70。I-CVI表现出较好的得分(知识=0.88)和(态度=0.81)，而ICC则表现出中等程度的接受，得分为0.77。从EFA的16个项目中提取2个因子。结论:该问卷用于评价药师对ME的了解程度及对ME报告的态度，有效、可靠。它显示了良好的心理测量特性。

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Drug, Healthcare and Patient Safety HEALTH CARE SCIENCES & SERVICES-

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