Validation of a safety assessment instrument for chronic renal patients on hemodialysis

Abstract Objective To construct and validate a safety assessment instrument for chronic renal patients on hemodialysis. Methods Methodological study that comprised the instrument’s construction and content validation by 14 experts, and evaluation of its understanding by nine nurses. Construction was based on the health legislation on hemodialysis and international patient safety standards. For analysis of the experts’ agreement, intraclass correlation coefficient, content validity index, and binomial test were calculated. Results The items of the Likert-type scale were distributed into the [...]