scholarly journals Evaluation of the validity and reliability of the Nurses’ Responsibility in Healthcare Quality Questionnaire: an instrument design study

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elizabeth Oldland ◽  
Alison M. Hutchinson ◽  
Bernice Redley ◽  
Mohammadreza Mohebbi ◽  
Mari Botti
Keyword(s):  
Healthcare Quality ◽  
Instrument Design ◽  
Validity And Reliability ◽  
Design Study

Measuring nurses’ perceptions of their responsibility for healthcare quality - instrument validity and reliability

2020 ◽  
Vol 33 ◽  
pp. S5
Author(s):  
Elizabeth Oldland ◽  
Mari Botti ◽  
Alison Hutchinson ◽  
Mohammadreza Mohebbi ◽  
Bernice Redley
Keyword(s):  
Healthcare Quality ◽  
Validity And Reliability ◽  
Instrument Validity ◽  
Nurses Perceptions ◽  
Quality Instrument

scholarly journals Mathematical Refractive Thinking Ability in Multivariable Calculus: Instrument Design and Quality of Use

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 81
Author(s):  
Isra Nurmai Yenti ◽  
Yaya S Kusumah ◽  
Jarnawi Afgani Dahlan
Keyword(s):  
Instrument Design ◽  
Face Validity ◽  
Validity And Reliability ◽  
Education Students ◽  
Thinking Ability ◽  
Multivariable Calculus ◽  
Ability Tests ◽  
Instrument Reliability ◽  
Instrument Quality

<p><em>Mathematical refractive thinking ability</em><em> must </em><em>be given in every lecture because it is needed in decision making. This study aims to produce a quality mathematical refractive thinking ability instrument, especially for calculus material. Instrument quality is measured in terms of validity and reliability. Content validity, con</em><em>s</em><em>tr</em><em>u</em><em>ct validity and face validity were assessed by three material experts. The instrument was tested </em><em>by</em><em> 32 mathematics education students to measure empirical validity and reliability. This research resulted in three items of mathematical refractive thinking ability tests that are valid and have instrument reliability in the medium category.</em><em></em></p>

Finding “Just-Right” Self-Esteem: Syncretic Self-Esteem Promotes Intrapersonal and Interpersonal Well-Being

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yinan Wang ◽  
Edward C Chang ◽  
Jianjie Xu ◽  
Jia Liu
Keyword(s):  
Longitudinal Design ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Validity And Reliability ◽  
Design Study ◽  
Relational Harmony ◽  
Three Factor ◽  
Just Right

This research focuses on healthy form of contingent self-esteem and its relevance in understanding human well-being in terms of both personal and relational existence. The form of self-esteem that relies on the integration between uniqueness and similarity was conceptualized as syncretic self-esteem (SSE). We propose that the moderate SSE, which removes the effects of self-esteem depending greatly on either uniqueness or similarity, facilitates both inner and relational harmony. Study 1 provides evidence of the validity and reliability of the three-factor Syncretic Self-Esteem Scale (SSES) (n = 2725). Study 2 reveals that moderate SSE relates to harmony within an individual (n = 632); using a longitudinal design, Study 3 finds that moderate SSE predicts a harmonious state between individuals and their surroundings through decreased self-ambivalence (n = 124). With finding out a form of moderate self-esteem, the present research contributes to promoting people’s global well-being in the perspective of self-esteem.

A tool to assess the quality perception of healthcare employees

2020 ◽  
Vol 33 (4/5) ◽  
pp. 291-307
Author(s):  
Ajayan Kamalasanan ◽  
Gurumoorthy Sathiyamurthi ◽  
Arun Vijay Subbarayalu
Keyword(s):  
Public Sector ◽  
Safety Management ◽  
Healthcare Quality ◽  
Reliability And Validity ◽  
Healthcare Services ◽  
Validity And Reliability ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Quality Perception ◽  
Private And Public

PurposeThe purpose of this project was to determine the validity and reliability of the Healthcare Quality Perception (HQP) questionnaire tool designed to capture employees' perceptions of healthcare quality in Indian hospitals.Design/methodology/approachTwo hundred employees in private and public sector hospitals in India were randomly selected and given the HQP tool. It consisted of 38 Likert-scale items and six different subscales: (1) Planning and Documentation (n = 7); (2) Employee Participation in Quality Management Activities (n = 5); (3) Existence of Policies/Procedures/Guidelines (n = 5); (4) Quality and Patient Safety Management (n = 9); (5) Perceived Effect of Quality Improvement (n = 7) and (6) Training and Development Opportunities (n = 5). 156 completed questionnaires were received, demonstrating a 78% response rate. HQP tool subjected to statistical analysis to measure its reliability and validity. A p-value of less than 0.05 was considered as “significant.”FindingsFactor analysis pulled out six factors that conjointly demonstrated 66.4 % of the variance in healthcare professionals' (HCPs') perception of healthcare service quality in selected Indian hospitals. The overall Cronbach's alpha coefficient was measured at 0.959 for internal consistency reliability. This study demonstrates that the identified six critical factors are important determinants influencing HCPs' perception of the quality of healthcare services in private and public sector hospitals in India.Originality/valueThis study provides evidence for the reliability and validity of the newly developed HCP Scale for the assessment of employee perception of the quality of services offered in selected hospitals in India, with potential applications in other contexts.

Assessing Functional Language in School-Aged Children Using Language Sample Analysis

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 622-636
Author(s):  
John Heilmann ◽  
Alexander Tucci ◽  
Elena Plante ◽  
Jon F. Miller
Keyword(s):  
Computer Hardware ◽  
School Age Children ◽  
Functional Language ◽  
School Age ◽  
Clinical Use ◽  
Sample Analysis ◽  
Validity And Reliability ◽  
Language Sample Analysis ◽  
Accuracy And Repeatability ◽  
Language Sample

Purpose The goal of this clinical focus article is to illustrate how speech-language pathologists can document the functional language of school-age children using language sample analysis (LSA). Advances in computer hardware and software are detailed making LSA more accessible for clinical use. Method This clinical focus article illustrates how documenting school-age student's communicative functioning is central to comprehensive assessment and how using LSA can meet multiple needs within this assessment. LSA can document students' meaningful participation in their daily life through assessment of their language used during everyday tasks. The many advances in computerized LSA are detailed with a primary focus on the Systematic Analysis of Language Transcripts (Miller & Iglesias, 2019). The LSA process is reviewed detailing the steps necessary for computers to calculate word, morpheme, utterance, and discourse features of functional language. Conclusion These advances in computer technology and software development have made LSA clinically feasible through standardized elicitation and transcription methods that improve accuracy and repeatability. In addition to improved accuracy, validity, and reliability of LSA, databases of typical speakers to document status and automated report writing more than justify the time required. Software now provides many innovations that make LSA simpler and more accessible for clinical use. Supplemental Material https://doi.org/10.23641/asha.12456719

What Have We Learned From Physiological Approaches to Characterizing Dysarthria and Other Speech Production Disorders?

2010 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
pp. 37-46
Author(s):  
Nicole M. Etter
Keyword(s):  
Speech Production ◽  
Speech Disorders ◽  
Research Literature ◽  
Systematic Research ◽  
Physiological Measures ◽  
Validity And Reliability ◽  
Assessment Measures ◽  
Perceptual Assessment ◽  
Perceptual Characteristics ◽  
Diagnostic Resolution

Traditionally, speech-language pathologists (SLP) have been trained to develop interventions based on a select number of perceptual characteristics of speech without or through minimal use of objective instrumental and physiologic assessment measures of the underlying articulatory subsystems. While indirect physiological assumptions can be made from perceptual assessment measures, the validity and reliability of those assumptions are tenuous at best. Considering that neurological damage will result in various degrees of aberrant speech physiology, the need for physiologic assessments appears highly warranted. In this context, do existing physiological measures found in the research literature have sufficient diagnostic resolution to provide distinct and differential data within and between etiological classifications of speech disorders and versus healthy controls? The goals of this paper are (a) to describe various physiological and movement-related techniques available to objectively study various dysarthrias and speech production disorders and (b) to develop an appreciation for the need for increased systematic research to better define physiologic features of dysarthria and speech production disorders and their relation to know perceptual characteristics.

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