[Content validation of quality indicators for nursing care evaluation].

Area of Science:

• Nursing
• Patient Safety
• Healthcare Quality Improvement

Background:

• Adverse events in healthcare settings pose significant risks to patient safety.
• Nursing care quality indicators are crucial for monitoring and improving patient outcomes.
• Content validation is essential to ensure the relevance and accuracy of quality indicators.

Purpose of the Study:

• To perform content validation of Nursing Care Quality Indicators (NCQIs) specifically for Adverse Event Prevention.
• To refine and confirm a set of NCQIs essential for enhancing patient safety in nursing care.

Main Methods:

• A panel of nine nursing experts participated in the study.
• Experts completed three rounds of a structured form to assess and validate the indicators.
• Content validation methodology was employed to evaluate the indicators.

Main Results:

• The study successfully validated the relevance of the proposed NCQIs for adverse event prevention.
• Twelve key indicators were refined and confirmed through expert consensus.
• These indicators cover critical areas such as patient identification, fall risk assessment, and medication administration.

Conclusions:

• Content validation is an indispensable procedure for developing robust and effective evaluative measures in nursing.
• The validated set of NCQIs provides a foundation for improving nursing practice and reducing adverse events.
• These indicators can be utilized for quality assessment and performance monitoring in healthcare settings.