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<sec><h3>Objective</h3><p>To develop a questionnaire assessing nursing staff’s knowledge, attitude, and practice on the prevention of the nosocomial infection in elderly patients and test its reliability and validity.</p></sec>
<sec><h3>Methods</h3><p>After the drafted questionnaire was developed, two rounds of Delphi survey were conducted by consulting experts to improve the questionnaire. Subsequently, 700 copies of the questionnaire were distributed to nursing staff to assess its reliability and validity.</p></sec>
<sec><h3>Results</h3><p>Exploratory factor analysis (EFA) identifies 3 aspects, namely knowledge, attitude, and practice, with a total of 38 items. The Cronbach’s α coefficients of the questionnaire and each of the aspects are 0.85, 0.80, 0.886, and 0.77 (>0.7), respectively. Confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) of each of the aspects are c<sup>2</sup>/df = 3.99, 2.26, and 3.32; Goodness-of-fit index (GFI) = 0.91, 0.97, and 0.92; Root mean square error of approximation (RMSEA) = 0.06, 0.04, and 0.05; Comparative fit index (CFI) = 0.91, 0.96, and 0.90.</p></sec>
<sec><h3>Conclusions</h3><p>Through this study, it can be ascertained whether the developed questionnaire enjoys sound reliability and validity in assessing nursing staff’s knowledge, attitude, and practice on preventing the nosocomial infection in elderly patients and thus has certain application value.</p></sec>
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ObjectiveTo develop a questionnaire assessing nursing staff’s knowledge, attitude, and practice on the prevention of the nosocomial infection in elderly patients and test its reliability and validity.
MethodsAfter the drafted questionnaire was developed, two rounds of Delphi survey were conducted by consulting experts to improve the questionnaire. Subsequently, 700 copies of the questionnaire were distributed to nursing staff to assess its reliability and validity.
ResultsExploratory factor analysis (EFA) identifies 3 aspects, namely knowledge, attitude, and practice, with a total of 38 items. The Cronbach’s α coefficients of the questionnaire and each of the aspects are 0.85, 0.80, 0.886, and 0.77 (>0.7), respectively. Confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) of each of the aspects are c2/df = 3.99, 2.26, and 3.32; Goodness-of-fit index (GFI) = 0.91, 0.97, and 0.92; Root mean square error of approximation (RMSEA) = 0.06, 0.04, and 0.05; Comparative fit index (CFI) = 0.91, 0.96, and 0.90.
ConclusionsThrough this study, it can be ascertained whether the developed questionnaire enjoys sound reliability and validity in assessing nursing staff’s knowledge, attitude, and practice on preventing the nosocomial infection in elderly patients and thus has certain application value.

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The First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui University of Science and Technology (Huainan First People’s Hospital)

Department of Postgraduates, Bengbu Medical College

Frontiers of Nursing

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Development of a questionnaire assessing nursing staff’s knowledge, attitude, and practice on the prevention of the nosocomial infection in elderly patients: testing reliability and validity

ObjectiveTo develop a questionnaire assessing nursing staff’s knowledge, attitude, and practice on the prevention of the nosocomial infection in elderly...

Development of a questionnaire assessing nursing staff’s knowledge, attitude, and practice on the prevention of the nosocomial infection in elderly patients: testing reliability and validity^†

Article Category: Original article

Published Online: Aug 18, 2021

Page range: 141 - 151

Received: Aug 14, 2020

Accepted: Oct 22, 2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/fon-2021-0016

Keywords
nurse, Delphi method, elderly patient, nosocomial infection, questionnaire

© 2021 Fu-Lin Cai et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Development of a questionnaire assessing nursing staff’s knowledge, attitude, and practice on the prevention of the nosocomial infection in elderly patients: testing reliability and validity†

Article Category: Original article

Published Online: Aug 18, 2021

Page range: 141 - 151

Received: Aug 14, 2020

Accepted: Oct 22, 2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/fon-2021-0016

Keywordsnurse, Delphi method, elderly patient, nosocomial infection, questionnaire

© 2021 Fu-Lin Cai et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Development of a questionnaire assessing nursing staff’s knowledge, attitude, and practice on the prevention of the nosocomial infection in elderly patients: testing reliability and validity^†

Keywords
nurse, Delphi method, elderly patient, nosocomial infection, questionnaire