title: [Measurement of the care directed by nurses: comparison between three psychophysical methods].
abstract: The degree of directed care required from nurses who work at the critical care unit environment was assessed and compared through three different psychophysical methods: magnitude estimation, category rating and ordinal scales. The sample was formed by 29 participants whose ages varied from 25 to 44 years. Based on the results, authors concluded that: a) data indicated a high concordance among participants regarding different situations with a Kendall's coefficient of 0.83 (p < 0.0016); b) the results obtained with magnitude estimation scaling proved superiority of this method when compared to others. c) the continuum of directed attention (non metric) has characteristics of a protetic continuum.
authors: Departamento de Enfermagem da Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Universidade Estadual de Campinas-UNICAMP.
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authors: Sousa
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003422:Critical Care / Q000523:psychology* / Q000592:standards*; D003627:Data Interpretation, Statistical; D004650:Employee Performance Appraisal; D006801:Humans; D009732:Nursing Care / Q000523:psychology* / Q000592:standards*; D015403:Nursing Evaluation Research / Q000379:methods*; D011601:Psychophysics; D011787:Quality of Health Care