Cross-Cultural Adaptation and Psychometric Evaluation of a Second Victim Experience and Support Tool (SVEST)

Abstract Background ”Second victims” are defined as “healthcare workers (HCWs) involved in an unanticipated adverse patient event, who experienced professional and psychological distress”. The Second Victim Experience and Support Tool (SVEST) is a survey developed and validated in the United States, which describes the experience of second victims. This study aims to perform the cross-cultural adaptation of the SVEST and to evaluate its psychometric characteristics in the Italian context. Methods The translation and cross-cultural adaptation process was performed according to the World Health Organization’s guidelines, from March to May 2019. Then HCWs involved in direct patient care (a potential second victim) were asked to complete the Italian version of SVEST in a validation survey, from June to November 2019 at the Academic Hospital of Udine. SVEST consists of 29 items, divided into 7 dimensions, 2 outcome variables and 7 support options. The IT-SVEST was assessed for internal consistency through Cronbach’s α, for content validity with Content Validity Index for Scales (S-CVI) and for Item (I-CVI) and for construct validity with Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA). Results Collected surveys were 349. Women were 79.4%. Nurses were 40.1%, 18.9% were doctors and 8.6% were residents. HCWs involved in a patients’ adverse event were 205 (58.7%). Out of these, 66.3% were near misses. The internal consistency of the instrument was adequate in its overall evaluation with Cronbach α = 0.88 (95% C.I.=0.86). S-CVI was 0.94 and I-CVI was 0.70. The CFA results showed a good model fit for the nine-factor structure (chi2=676.18, 327 df, p < 0.001). Root Mean Squared Error of Approximation, Akaike’s information criterion, Comparative Fix Index Tucker-Lewis Index values also suggested a good fit to the data. Conclusions The Italian version of the SVEST (IT-SVEST) can be used to evaluate second victim experiences, demonstrating adequate validity, reliability and good psychometric properties. Key messages Healthcare institutions need an instrument that can direct efforts to prevent and reduce the second victim experience. IT-SVEST is a reliable and valid instrument to obtain accurate information on second victim experience.

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Cross-cultural adaptation to the Spanish context and evaluation of the content validity of the Second Victim Experience and Support Tool (SVEST-E) questionnaire

Enfermería Clínica (English Edition) ◽

10.1016/j.enfcle.2020.12.004 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Irene Santana-Domínguez ◽

Héctor González-de la Torre ◽

Alicia Martín-Martínez

Keyword(s):

Cultural Adaptation ◽

Content Validity ◽

Cross Cultural ◽

Support Tool ◽

Cross Cultural Adaptation ◽

Second Victim

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Cross-cultural adaptation, validation and psychometric evaluation of the Attitudes to Back pain Scale in musculoskeletal practitioners - Hebrew version

Musculoskeletal Science and Practice ◽

10.1016/j.msksp.2021.102463 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 102463

Author(s):

Yaniv Nudelman ◽

Tamar Pincus ◽

Anat Shashua ◽

Noa Ben Ami

Keyword(s):

Back Pain ◽

Cultural Adaptation ◽

Psychometric Evaluation ◽

Pain Scale ◽

Cross Cultural ◽

Cross Cultural Adaptation ◽

Hebrew Version

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Translation, cross-cultural adaptation and psychometric evaluation of the Brazilian version of the Cystic Fibrosis Knowledge Scale (CFKS)

PLoS ONE ◽

10.1371/journal.pone.0259232 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 16 (11) ◽

pp. e0259232

Author(s):

Karolinne Souza Monteiro ◽

Thayla Amorim Santino ◽

Smita Pakhale ◽

Louise Balfour ◽

Karla Morganna Pereira Pinto de Mendonça

Keyword(s):

Cystic Fibrosis ◽

Cultural Adaptation ◽

Discriminant Validity ◽

Psychometric Evaluation ◽

Cross Cultural ◽

Three Dimensions ◽

Cross Cultural Adaptation ◽

Brazilian Version ◽

Reverse Translation ◽

Knowledge Scale

Background Information on the level of knowledge about cystic fibrosis (CF) among affected people and their families is still scarce. Objective This study aimed to translate, cross-culturally adapt and analyze the psychometric properties of the Brazilian version of Cystic Fibrosis Knowledge Scale (CFKS). Materials and methods The translation and cross-cultural adaptation involved the stages of translation, synthesis of translations, reverse translation, synthesis of reverse translations, review by a multi-professional committee of experts and pre-testing. The reliability, viability, construct, predictive, concurrent and discriminant validity were investigated. Results The sample consisted of 40 individuals with cystic CF, 47 individuals with asthma, 242 healthcare workers and 81 students from the health area. The Brazilian version of the CFKS presented high internal consistency (α = 0.91), moderate floor and ceiling effects, without differences in the test-retest scores. An analysis of factorial exploration identified three dimensions. Confirmatory factor analysis led to an acceptable data-model fit. There was good predictive validity, with a difference in the scores among all the evaluated groups (p <0.001), as well as good discriminant validity since individuals with asthma had greater knowledge of asthma compared to CF (r = 0.401, p = 0.005; r2 = 0.162). However, there was no difference between the diagnosis time and knowledge about CF (r = -0.25, p = 0.11; r2 = 0.06), either between treatment adherence and knowledge about CF (r = -0.04, p = 0.77; r2 = 0.002). Conclusion The Brazilian version of the CFKS indicated that the scale is able to provide valid, reliable and reproducible measures for evaluating the knowledge about CF.

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