Intensive and Critical Care Nursing
Volume 26, Issue 2 , Pages 64-68, April 2010

Preparing research instruments for use with different cultures

  • Ruth Endacott

      Affiliations

    • Faculty of Health, University of Plymouth, UK
    • Division of Nursing and Midwifery, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Faculty of Health, Centre Court, Drake Circus, Plymouth PL4 8AA, UK. Tel.: +44 1752 587488; fax: +44 1752 586748.
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  • Julie Benbenishty

      Affiliations

    • Hadassah Hebrew University Medical Center, General Intensive Care Unit, PO Box 12000, 91120 Jerusalem, Israel
    • Tel.: +972 2 6778060; fax: +972 2 6430349.
    • ,
  • Myriam Seha

      Affiliations

    • Spital Maennedorf, Asylstr, 8708 Maennedorf, Switzerland
    • Tel.: +41 44 922 20 60; fax: +41 44 922 20 67.

Accepted 14 December 2009.

Summary 

There is a growing requirement to use standardised instruments for collecting research data and monitoring patient progress. Two sets of properties should be addressed when selecting and adapting research instruments: psychometric properties (validity, appropriateness, reliability, and responsiveness) and clinical properties (feasibility and acceptability of the instrument). This paper outlines steps necessary to fulfil these requirements when using a research instrument in different cultures.

Keywords: Research instruments, Validity, Reliability, Translation, Multicultural, International

 

PII: S0964-3397(09)00115-3

doi:10.1016/j.iccn.2009.12.005

Intensive and Critical Care Nursing
Volume 26, Issue 2 , Pages 64-68, April 2010

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