Tracheostomy practice questionnaire : development of a valid and reliable tool for assessing tracheostomy practice
Joint Authors
al-Murshid, Saja
al-Anzi, Abd al-Aziz
Uwaydah, Amani
Source
Issue
Vol. 2022, Issue 1 (30 Apr. 2022), pp.1-8, 8 p.
Publisher
Publication Date
2022-04-30
Country of Publication
Qatar
No. of Pages
8
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Background: Tracheostomy is among the oldest and most common surgical procedures for critically ill patients.
Over the past decade, tracheostomy practice has changed regarding its indication, timing, technique, decannulation, and follow-up procedures.
A systematic assessment tool for tracheostomy could maximize the quality of care and improve patient outcomes.
This study develops a tool for systematically evaluating tracheostomy-related practices, assesses its validity and reliability, and conducts pilot testing of the tool.
Methods: The questionnaire development process involved three rounds using the Delphi technique with eight experts in airway management.
The experts were selected from multiple healthcare specialties and workplace backgrounds.
There was a two-week interval between each discussion round.
In February 2019, the questionnaire themes and statements were identified through qualitative content analysis.
Subsequently, in March 2019, the developed tool was emailed to 31 heads of tracheostomy care teams at multiple national hospitals for further validity and reliability assessment.
Results: The developed tool demonstrated reliability of 0.975.
Tracheostomy-related practices showed acceptable levels in all 31 assessed hospitals with areas for improvement in the long-term follow-up domain.
Conclusion: This study designed a tool for the comprehensive assessment of tracheostomy-related practices.
It can be used to monitor institutional outcomes, which can reduce costs.
Moreover, this tool can be employed to track the improvement or deterioration of tracheostomy-related procedures and long-term follow-up to facilitate institutional progress.
In addition, this tool could be used for formative and summative assessments of tracheotomy practices at national and international levels.
American Psychological Association (APA)
al-Murshid, Saja& al-Anzi, Abd al-Aziz& Uwaydah, Amani. 2022. Tracheostomy practice questionnaire : development of a valid and reliable tool for assessing tracheostomy practice. Qatar Medical Journal،Vol. 2022, no. 1, pp.1-8.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1431459
Modern Language Association (MLA)
al-Anzi, Abd al-Aziz…[et al.]. Tracheostomy practice questionnaire : development of a valid and reliable tool for assessing tracheostomy practice. Qatar Medical Journal No. 1 (2022), pp.1-8.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1431459
American Medical Association (AMA)
al-Murshid, Saja& al-Anzi, Abd al-Aziz& Uwaydah, Amani. Tracheostomy practice questionnaire : development of a valid and reliable tool for assessing tracheostomy practice. Qatar Medical Journal. 2022. Vol. 2022, no. 1, pp.1-8.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1431459
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes appendix : p. 7-8
Record ID
BIM-1431459