Journal of Multidisciplinary Healthcare (Jan 2024)

Development of a Questionnaire for Measuring Trauma-Informed Care of Nurses Working with Traumatically Injured Patients

  • Xia W,
  • Wang Y,
  • Wu X,
  • Yang X

Journal volume & issue
Vol. Volume 17
pp. 367 – 378

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Weiping Xia,1,2 Yanbo Wang,1 Xiaoning Wu,1 Xiaojie Yang3 1Clinical Research Center for Mental Disorders, Shanghai Pudong New Area Mental Health Center, School of Medicine, Tongji University, Shanghai, 200124, People’s Republic of China; 2Department of Surgical Inpatient, United Family Hospital, Shanghai, 200335, People’s Republic of China; 3Department of Orthopedics, Jiangyin Hospital Affiliated to Nantong University, Jiang Yin, 214400, People’s Republic of ChinaCorrespondence: Yanbo Wang, Clinical Research Center for Mental Disorders, Shanghai Pudong New Area Mental Health Center Sciences, School of Medicine, Tongji University, Shanghai, 200124, People’s Republic of China, Email [email protected]: To develop a new questionnaire for assessing nurses’ current situation of knowledge, attitude and practice related to trauma-informed care (TIC) for patients with traumatic injury.Methods: By literature review, qualitative interview and Delphi consultation, the 46 preliminary items about trauma-informed care of nurses working with traumatically injured patients were selected. After that, the preliminary questionnaire was distributed to 293 Chinese nurses in relevant departments. The collected data were analyzed by internal reliability, split-half reliability, structural validity and content validity.Results: The questionnaire was developed with a total of 30 items in 3 dimensions: 8 items in the TIC knowledge dimension, 10 items in the TIC attitude dimension and 12 items in the TIC practice dimension. The Cronbach’s alpha coefficient was 0.939, and the content validity was 0.971.Conclusion: This designed questionnaire shews receptable reliability and validity, which could be used to assess the knowledge, attitude and practice of nurses in application of trauma-informed care for traumatically injured patients.Keywords: trauma-informed care, traumatic injury, nurse, questionnaire

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