Development and psychometric evaluation of the Feeling Safe During Surgery Scale

• AimThe aim of this study is to develop and psychometrically test the Feeling Safe During Surgery Scale.DesignThe study design was non-experimental and cross-sectional.MethodThe evaluation followed classical test theory, and the instrument was evaluated regarding reliability, construct validity and content validity. For the reliability analysis, a postal questionnaire consisting of the 16 items of the scale was dispatched in March 2020 to a consecutive sample (N = 242) of patients who had undergone hip or knee replacement arthroplasties with regional anaesthesia. Five experts in nursing care evaluated the content validity of the scale.ResultInternal consistency was 0.841. Three items were excluded due to deficits in reliability, resulting in a 13-item scale. A principal component analysis revealed a two-dimensional solution, labelled internal and external aspects of feeling safe. Two items were rephrased to improve clarity and content validity. The average content validity for the scale was 0.88, indicating acceptable content validity.

Subject headings

MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP  -- Hälsovetenskap -- Omvårdnad (hsv//swe)

MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES  -- Health Sciences -- Nursing (hsv//eng)

Keyword

dimensions of safety

feeling safe

instrument development

nursing

patient safety

perioperative period

psychometric evaluation

regional anaesthesia

safety

surgery

Nursing

Omvårdnad

Publication and Content Type

ref (subject category)

art (subject category)