Development of an instrument to investigate parents' perceptions of research with newborn babies
Development of an instrument to investigate parents' perceptions of research with newborn babies
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DOI：
10.1191/096973300671406630
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发表时间：
2000-07-01
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影响因子：
4.2
通讯作者：
Burgess, E
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作者：
Oberle, K;Singhal, N;Burgess, E
新生儿重症监护护士经常参与研究方案，作为执行方案的调查人员、研究助理或工作人员护士，并向家庭提供支持和解释。因此，护士了解父母对研究过程的理解和态度是很重要的。这项研究的目的是通过开发和验证调查工具来开始探索父母对新生儿研究的看法。问卷包括：人口统计学问题；关于新生儿研究的尺度项目；描述对新生儿的风险和益处程度不同的研究研究的情景；关于父母是否愿意让他们的新生儿参加所述研究的问题；以及关于在什么情况下应寻求同意的问题。内容和表面有效性是由一个专家小组和一小群卫生保健专业人员和非专业人员进行的试点测试确定的。方便抽样的231名新生儿父母完成了问卷的最终版本。因素分析揭示了与文献中发现的问题相对应的七个因素，为结构效度提供了证据。家长在完成测试时似乎没有任何困难，所有问题都得到了大多数参与者的回答。结论是，问卷具有足够的心理测量学特性，混合方法在探索敏感问题方面可能是卓有成效的。
Neonatal intensive care nurses are often involved in research protocols as investigators, research assistants or staff nurses implementing the protocol and providing support and explanations to families. It is important, therefore, that nurses have information about parents' understanding of and attitudes towards the research process. The purpose of this study was to begin an exploration of parents' perceptions about research with newborn babies through the development and validation of a survey instrument. The questionnaire included: demographic questions; scaled items about research with newborn babies; scenarios describing research studies that varied in degree of risk and benefit to the newborn baby; questions about parents' willingness to enrol their newborn baby in the studies described; and questions regarding circumstances under which consent should be sought. Content and face validity were established by an expert panel and a pilot test conducted with a small group of health care professionals and lay persons. A convenience sample of 231 parents of newborn babies completed the final version of the questionnaire. Factor analysis revealed seven factors corresponding to issues identified in the literature, providing evidence of construct validity. Parents appeared to have no difficulty in completing the instrument and all questions were answered by the majority of participants. It was concluded that the questionnaire had adequate psychometric properties and that a mixed method approach can be fruitful in exploring sensitive issues.