Development and validation of a questionnaire to assess the doctors and nurses knowledge of acute oxygen therapy

Prescription and administration of oxygen in emergencies by healthcare providers are reported to be inappropriate in most settings. There is a huge gap in the knowledge of health care providers on various aspects of oxygen therapy, and this may be a barrier to optimal oxygen administration. Hence, i...

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Published in:PloS one 2019-02, Vol.14 (2), p.e0211198
Main Authors: Desalu, Olufemi O, Aladesanmi, Adeniyi O, Ojuawo, Olutobi B, Opeyemi, Christopher M, Ibraheem, Rasheedah M, Suleiman, Zakari A, Oyedepo, Olanrewaju O, Adesina, Kikelomo T, Oloyede, Taofeek, Sanya, Emmanuel O
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Language:English
Subjects:
Acceptance criteria
Alcoholism
Anesthesia
Attitude of Health Personnel
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Health care
Health care industry
Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
Humans
Hypoxia
Knowledge
Literature reviews
Medical personnel
Medicine
Medicine and Health Sciences
Methods
Nigeria
Nurses
Oxygen
Oxygen Inhalation Therapy - nursing
Oxygen therapy
Patient safety
People and Places
Physical Sciences
Physicians
Practice
Questionnaires
Reliability analysis
Reproducibility of Results
Research and Analysis Methods
Statistical analysis
Statistical tests
Surveys and Questionnaires - statistics & numerical data
Teaching hospitals
Therapy
Validity
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Summary:Prescription and administration of oxygen in emergencies by healthcare providers are reported to be inappropriate in most settings. There is a huge gap in the knowledge of health care providers on various aspects of oxygen therapy, and this may be a barrier to optimal oxygen administration. Hence, it is essential to ascertain providers' knowledge of acute oxygen therapy so that appropriate educational interventions are instituted for better delivery. There is no available validated instrument to assess knowledge of acute oxygen therapy. The study aimed to develop, validate and evaluate the test-retest reliability of a questionnaire to determine the doctors and nurses understanding of acute oxygen therapy. This study involved the development of the questionnaire contents by a literature review, assessment of face validity (n = 5), content validity, using a panel of experts (n = 10), item analysis and test-retest reliability among a sample (n = 121) of doctors and nurses. Face validity indicated that the questionnaire was quick to complete (10-15 min), most items were easy to follow and comprehensible. The global content validity index (S-CVI) was 0.85. The test-retest reliability statistics showed a kappa coefficient of 0.546-0.897 (all P
ISSN:1932-6203
1932-6203
DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0211198