Background: Healthcare providers’ attitudes and beliefs can influence how patients with persistent musculoskeletal pain are treated. A biopsychosocial approach is more effective than a purely biomedical approach. Ensuring healthcare professionals have appropriate pain science education (PSE) is essential for successful treatment outcomes. Objective: To validate the Spanish version of the Knowledge and Attitudes of Pain (KNAP-SP) questionnaire among Spanish physiotherapists and students and analyze its psychometric properties. Methods: From May to October 2022, two independent teams adapted the KNAP questionnaire from English to both European and Hispanic-Spanish. A cross-sectional validation study was conducted with 517 physiotherapists examining internal consistency (Cronbach’s alpha), structural validity (exploratory factor analysis), and construct validity (hypothesis testing). Longitudinal analyses assessed test–retest reliability (intraclass correlation coefficient [ICC2,1; n = 63]) and responsiveness following a PSE intervention using Receiver Operating Characteristic (ROC) curve analysis and hypothesis testing (n = 70). Results: The KNAP-SP showed strong internal consistency [overall α coefficient = 0.86; domain 1 (α = 0.82); domain 2 (α = 0.70)], explaining 32.3% of the variance. Construct validity was supported by 75% of the hypotheses. Test–retest reliability was high (ICC2,1 = 0.84). KNAP-SP’s responsiveness was confirmed by ROC analysis (area under the curve [AUC] = 0.87 [95% CI: 0.79–0.96, p-value
Measuring family caregivers’ experiences of collaboration with nurses is important in the context of health care reforms that advocate an increased role of families in care. The Family Collaboration Scale (FCS) measures collaboration between nurses and family caregivers, however, the scale has a broad scope. Thus, the aim of this study was to construct a measure that is focused on collaboration only. After revision, a 25-item version of the FCS was sent to 777 family caregivers of hospitalized patients (≥ 70 years). Psychometric evaluation was employed by the Non-Parametric Item Response Theory to evaluate how items of the revised FCS behave. In total, 302 (39%) family caregivers were found eligible, mean (SD) age 65 (13) and 71% female. A 20-item FCS is proposed showing good psychometric properties. This study contributes to the limited knowledge of measuring collaboration between family caregivers and nurses.
De ‘zelfscan digitale geletterdheid voor studenten aan de HAN’ is ontwikkeld door het iXperium in opdracht van HAN Open Digital Horizons. De zelfscan heeft de vorm van een flexibel af te nemen toets, die toepassingsgericht is opgezet en die betrekking heeft op competenties die passend zijn bij wat van een (afgestudeerde) HAN-student mag worden verwacht. De zelfscan is formatief van opzet: de studenten krijgen direct inzicht in hun niveau en de docenten, opleiding en academie krijgen op groepsniveau resultaten te zien. De zelfscan is in november 2022 voor het eerst uitgezet onder de studenten van alle academies van de HAN. Het doel daarvan was tweeledig: enerzijds het ontwikkelen van een zelfscan als middel om de digitale geletterdheid van studenten in kaart te brengen en anderzijds om per academie en opleiding van de HAN de digitale geletterdheid van de studenten in beeld te krijgen. Bijkomend gaf de zelfscan aan studenten zelf inzicht in hun bekwaamheid op het gebied van digitale geletterdheid. Deze rapportage beschrijft de resultaten van de eerste afname onder studenten van de HAN. Daarbij wordt onder andere ingezoomd op de relatie tussen verschillende kenmerken van de studenten (academie, jaar van starten, vooropleiding en voltijd/deeltijd) en hun scores op de zelfscan.
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