Development of a postoperative visual function rehabilitation compliance assessment scale for children with

Yanan Zhang1, Wanhua Xie2, Daoman Xiang1

  • 1Ophthalmology Department, Guangzhou Women and Children's Medical Center, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangdong Provincial Clinical Research Center for Child Health, Guangzhou, 510623, China.

Insights

A new scale assesses compliance in children with congenital cataracts undergoing visual rehabilitation. This tool demonstrates good reliability and validity for improving nursing care.

Area of Science:

  • Ophthalmology
  • Pediatrics
  • Health Behavior

Background:

  • Congenital cataracts impact visual development in children.
  • Effective postoperative visual function rehabilitation is crucial.
  • Standardized tools are needed to assess patient compliance.

Purpose of the Study:

  • Develop a comprehensive compliance assessment scale for postoperative visual function rehabilitation in children with congenital cataracts.
  • Evaluate the reliability and validity of this new scale.

Main Methods:

  • Literature review and interviews informed item generation (36 items).
  • Delphi method, face validity, and item analysis reduced items to 18.
  • Data from 225 parents analyzed using SPSS for reliability and validity (EFA, CVI, Cronbach's alpha, test-retest).

Main Results:

  • The 18-item, 5-dimension scale showed strong psychometric properties.
  • Exploratory factor analysis explained 68.178% of variance.
  • Content validity index was 0.963; Cronbach's alpha was 0.855; test-retest reliability was 0.859.

Conclusions:

  • The developed scale is reliable and valid for assessing compliance in children with congenital cataracts.
  • This tool can guide the development of standardized nursing programs for improved patient outcomes.
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