TY - JOUR
T1 - The Hospital Safety Scale for Kids
T2 - Development of a new measurement tool for hospitalized children
AU - Oh, Won Oak
AU - Song, Daejin
AU - Han, Jihee
AU - Park, Mi Youn
AU - Park, Il Tae
N1 - Funding Information:
The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: This work was supported by the National Research Foundation of South Korea (Grant Number NRF-2016R1A2B1015455).
Funding Information:
The authors acknowledge the contributions of HN Younghee Jun of Guro Hospital. The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: This work was supported by the National Research Foundation of South Korea (Grant Number NRF-2016R1A2B1015455).
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PY - 2021/3
Y1 - 2021/3
N2 - This study aimed to develop an instrument to assess the perception of hospital safety among hospitalized children for preschool age children. An initial 30 items of the preliminary Hospital Safety Scale for Kids (HSS-Kids) were generated based on literature reviews and focus-group interviews. The 30 items were developed as different types of hospital-based incidents, situation scenarios, and pictorial animation cards for describing them. The evaluation process was conducted with a sample of 150 hospitalized children and their caregivers. Construct, convergent, and discriminant validities were tested by exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses. For criterion validity, concurrent validity was confirmed, and reliability was established through Cronbach’s α coefficients. The final 15 HSS-Kids hospital scenario picture cards were categorized into four subdomains, falls, general injuries, burns, and medical devices, which explained 62.92% of the total variance. The HSS-Kids demonstrated construct, convergent, discriminant, and concurrent validity, with Cronbach’s αs ranging from.649 to.792. The HSS-Kids is a promising instrument to screen children at high risk of incidents by capturing their perception on hospital safety.
AB - This study aimed to develop an instrument to assess the perception of hospital safety among hospitalized children for preschool age children. An initial 30 items of the preliminary Hospital Safety Scale for Kids (HSS-Kids) were generated based on literature reviews and focus-group interviews. The 30 items were developed as different types of hospital-based incidents, situation scenarios, and pictorial animation cards for describing them. The evaluation process was conducted with a sample of 150 hospitalized children and their caregivers. Construct, convergent, and discriminant validities were tested by exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses. For criterion validity, concurrent validity was confirmed, and reliability was established through Cronbach’s α coefficients. The final 15 HSS-Kids hospital scenario picture cards were categorized into four subdomains, falls, general injuries, burns, and medical devices, which explained 62.92% of the total variance. The HSS-Kids demonstrated construct, convergent, discriminant, and concurrent validity, with Cronbach’s αs ranging from.649 to.792. The HSS-Kids is a promising instrument to screen children at high risk of incidents by capturing their perception on hospital safety.
KW - Child health
KW - evidence-based practice
KW - incidents
KW - pediatrics
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U2 - 10.1177/1367493520913768
DO - 10.1177/1367493520913768
M3 - Article
C2 - 32195601
AN - SCOPUS:85082195397
VL - 25
SP - 146
EP - 160
JO - Journal of Child Health Care
JF - Journal of Child Health Care
SN - 1367-4935
IS - 1
ER -