Psychosocial And Physiological Measurement Tools Discussion
For this discussion post, you will identify both a psychosocial AND a physiological measurement tool that could be used to measure a concept in your area of interest that you posted in discussion 1. Post a brief description of the two types of measurement tools in your group discussion forum (one paragraph each)Psychosocial And Physiological Measurement Tools Discussion. Identify support in the literature (can be from your articles you are using for this DB post) for the reliability and validity of the two types of tools and post a summary of the support (one paragraph) in your group discussion forum. Criteria for the physiological critique can be found in Gray and Grove,(2021) Chapter 16. Provide citations.
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To receive full credit, your original post should include all elements requested in the prompt (prompt may have multiple parts and/or require an article to be attached). Responses to the prompt should be made directly in the discussion forum (not as an attachment). All posts (original and replies) should be substantive and contribute to the understanding of the topic.
Your online participation grade for each week has three parts: 60% for the original post, 20% for your first peer reply, and 20% for your second peer response. Responses should be made to peers who have not already received two peer responses so that everyone receives two responses. Psychosocial And Physiological Measurement Tools Discussion
EXAMPLE:
For example (this is just an example), the researcher decides to include temperature as a dependent variable (to support CAUTI) and needs to identify a measurement method for temperature. The researcher decides to use Bard Foley Catheters (Series 400 Temperature Sensing). The author would Include a description of Bard Temperature Sensing Foley Catheters (400 Series) from literature.
The researcher is also interested in anxiety and will include anxiety in their study as a secondary research question. What is the strength of the relationship between the length of foley catheter insertion and anxiety in patients cared for in the critical care environment? The researcher will measure anxiety using the Beck Anxiety Inventory. The tool is a 21-question multiple-choice self-report inventory that is used for measuring the severity of anxiety in children and adults. The tool has shown high internal consistency (α = .92) and test-retest reliability over 1 week, r(81) = .75. The BAI discriminated anxious diagnostic groups (panic disorder, generalized anxiety disorder, etc.) from non-anxious diagnostic groups (major depression, dysthymic disorder, etc.). In addition, the BAI was moderately correlated with the revised Hamilton Anxiety Rating Scale, r(150) = .51, and was only mildly correlated with the revised Hamilton Depression Rating Scale, r(153) = .25. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016). The author would also note the reliability and validity of the instruments used in the study. Psychosocial And Physiological Measurement Tools Discussion
Physiological tool: Bard Temperature Sensing Foley Catheter (400 Series)
Psychosocial tool: Beck Anxiety Inventory
The clinical problem of interest is the increased rate of central line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSI), and the hypothesis is that improved clinician adherence to catheter insertion, care, and removal protocols reduces the rate of CLABSIs in haemodialysis. Among the dependent variables in this case are nurses’ perceptions and attitudes concerning adherence to catheter care protocols. The psychosocial measurement tool for this variable is the Health Belief Model (HBM) questionnaire. The tool is developed to understand and predict health-related behaviour. Therefore, it will be used to assess nurses’ perceptions, attitudes, and motivation concerning adherence to institutional infection prevention and control protocols such as catheter insertion, care, and removal protocols, and the impact on CLABSI rates in haemodialysis.
The other dependent variable is nurses’ compliance with institutional catheter insertion, care, and removal protocols, which could be a primary contributor to increased CLABSI rates among patients undergoing haemodialysis. The physiological measurement tool that will be used for this variable is the Central Line Maintenance Audit Tool (CLMAT). According to Delano et al. (2022), CLMAT is a checklist used to directly observe and access compliance with catheter insertion, maintenance, and removal protocols. The tool is checklist-based, provides real-time auditing, and provides comprehensive coverage by monitoring various maintenance practices such as hand hygiene. The tool has proven reliability through inter-rater agreement in multiple studies, with high accuracy in detecting protocol deviations (Delano et al., 2022)Psychosocial And Physiological Measurement Tools Discussion.
Gray and Grove (2021) note that researchers should ensure the validity and reliability of physiological and psychosocial measurement tools in all studies. The HBM questionnaire instrument, for instance, has demonstrated high validity and reliability through high internal consistency (Cronbach’s alpha > 0.70) in previous studies and is frequently validated in healthcare settings (Gray & Grove, 2021). Delano et al. (2022) also note that the CLMAT physiological tool is associated with high validity in clinical settings since it is developed based on clinical guidelines, where compliance with catheter insertion, care, and removal bundle protocols is directly associated with CLABSI rate reduction in haemodialysis. Psychosocial And Physiological Measurement Tools Discussion
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References
Delano, J. P., Garcia, I., Zaylik, J. K., & Alhasan, W. (2022). A recipe for success: Conducting a gap analysis to decrease central line-associated bloodstream infection (CLABSI) Rates in a post-COVID-19 world. American Journal of Infection Control, 50(7), S30. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajic.2022.03.045
Gray, J. & Grove, S. (2021). Burn’s and Grove’s The practice of nursing research: Appraisal, synthesis, and generation of evidence (9th ed.). St. Louis, MO: Elsevier. ISBN 978- 0-323-67317-4 Psychosocial And Physiological Measurement Tools Discussion
