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标题：Validation of the German version of the needs assessment tool: progressive disease-heart failure
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作者：Valentina Gonzalez-Jaramillo ; Jelena Guyer ; Nora Luethi 等
期刊名称：Health and Quality of Life Outcomes
印刷版ISSN：1477-7525
电子版ISSN：1477-7525
出版年度：2021
卷号：19
DOI：10.1186/s12955-021-01817-6
语种：English
出版社：BioMed Central
摘要：Background The Needs Assessment Tool: Progressive Disease-Heart Failure (NAT: PD-HF) is a tool created to assess the needs of people living with heart failure and their informal caregivers to assist delivering care in a more comprehensive way that addresses actual needs that are unmet, and to improve quality of life. In this study, we aimed to (1) Translate the tool into German and culturally adapt it. (2) Assess internal consistency, inter-rater reliability, and test–retest reliability of the German NAT: PD-HF. (3) Evaluate whether and how patients and health care personnel understand the tool and its utility. (4) Assess the tool’s face validity, applicability, relevance, and acceptability among health care personnel. Methods Single-center validation study. The tool was translated from English into German using a forward–backward translation. To assess internal consistency, we used Cronbach´s alpha. To assess inter-rater reliability and test–retest reliability, we used Cohen´s kappa, and to assess validity we used face validity. Results The translated tool showed good internal consistency. Raters were in substantial agreement on a majority of the questions, and agreement was almost perfect for all the questions in the test–retest analysis. Face validity was rated high by health care personnel. Conclusion The German NAT: PD-HF is a reliable, valid, and internally consistent tool that is well accepted by both patients and health care personnel. However, it is important to keep in mind that effective use of the tool requires training of health care personnel. Supplementary Information The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1186/s12955-021-01817-6.
关键词：Needs assessment; Heart failure; Palliative care; Patient-centered care; NAT: PD-HF