Comparison of content validity indices for clinical nursing research: A practical case
Objective: To compare techniques to analyze the content validity of measurement instruments applicable to nursing care research through a practical case. Method: Secondary study derived from validating the Hospital Survey on Patient Safety (HSOPS) in a Chilean hospital. The study setting was hospita...
| Autores: | , , |
|---|---|
| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2025 |
| País: | España |
| Institución: | Fundación para el Fomento de la Investigación Sanitaria y Biomédica de la Comunitat Valenciana (FISABIO) |
| Repositorio: | r-FISABIO. Repositorio Institucional de Producción Científica |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:dnet:r-fisabio___::30925e3f68eb09e1687ac6cabd5a5b58 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://fisabio.portalinvestigacion.com/publicaciones/21036 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Validation study Methodological research in nursing Clinical nursing research Surveys and questionnaires |
| Sumario: | Objective: To compare techniques to analyze the content validity of measurement instruments applicable to nursing care research through a practical case. Method: Secondary study derived from validating the Hospital Survey on Patient Safety (HSOPS) in a Chilean hospital. The study setting was hospital care, with a population focused on nursing staff and a sample of 12 expert nurses who are teachers or have clinical experience in quality and patient safety. Design and content validity test based on three phases: identification of primary methods, calculation of methods, comparison of similarities and differences of methods. Results: Lawsche, Tristan-Lopez, Lynn, Polit et al. methods are similar. The modified kappa value is similar to the content validity index (I-CVI) value, with a slight variation when penalizing the value by probability according to chance. There are significant differences between all methods and Hernandez Nieto's content validity coefficient (CVC). Conclusions: The Polit et al. method is more rigorous, and its mathematical formulation is better justified, providing solidity to clinical nursing research. Furthermore, the Hernandez-Nieto method is suggested when validating more than one characteristic. (c) 2025 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Espana, S.L.U. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/). |
|---|