Tool to classify stool consistency: content validity and use by persons of diverse cultures.
Tool to classify stool consistency: content validity and use by persons of diverse cultures.
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对粪便稠度进行分类的工具：内容有效性和不同文化背景的人的使用。
DOI：
10.1046/j.1442-2018.2003.00145.x
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发表时间：
2003
影响因子：
2.7
通讯作者：
Kirk,Karen
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作者：
ZimmaroBliss,Donna;Dhamani,KhairunnisaA;Savik,Kay;Kirk,Karen
开发和测试研究工具的质量，包括其被文化多样性的人使用的能力，是一个重要的方法目标。本研究确定了内容的有效性和可行性的文化多样性的人使用的工具来分类粪便的一致性，已在大便失禁的研究。五个多学科的临床医生在评估粪便的一致性确定具有内容效度的工具。24名不同文化背景的外国人将英语作为第二语言（ESL），使用单词或单词加图表描述对九个凳子的一致性进行了分类。参与者的评级的协议进行了比较与有经验的调查员。使用这两种描述的参与者之间的评分没有显着差异。参与者的分类与研究者的分类之间存在良好的一致性。这项研究的结果有助于我们的仪器的质量，并支持其使用的文化多样性的人。
Developing and testing the quality of a research instrument, including its ability to be used by culturally diverse persons, is an important methodological objective. The present study determined the content validity and feasibility of culturally diverse persons to use an instrument to classify stool consistency that has been employed in research on fecal incontinence. Five multidisciplinary clinicians experienced in assessing stool consistency determined the tool to possess content validity. Twenty‐four foreign nationals of diverse cultures who spoke English as a second language (ESL) classified the consistency of nine stools using word only or word plus diagram descriptions. The agreement of the ratings of the participants were compared with the those of an experienced investigator. There was no significant difference between the ratings of participants using either type of description. There was good agreement between the classifications of the participants and those of the investigator. The findings of this study contribute to the quality of our instrument and support its use by culturally diverse persons.