Validity and reliability of the Turkish version of the pressure ulcer prevention knowledge assessment instrument.
OBJECTIVE
Sound knowledge of pressure ulcers is important to enable good prevention. There are limited instruments assessing pressure ulcer knowledge. The Pressure Ulcer Prevention Knowledge Assessment Instrument is among the scales of which psychometric properties have been studied rigorously and reflects the latest evidence. This study aimed to evaluate the validity and reliability of the Turkish version of the Pressure Ulcer Prevention Knowledge Assessment Instrument (PUPKAI-T), an instrument that assesses knowledge of pressure ulcer prevention by using multiple-choice questions.


METHODS
Linguistic validity was verified through front-to-back translation. Psychometric properties of the instrument were studied on a sample of 150 nurses working in a tertiary hospital in Istanbul, Turkey.


RESULTS
The content validity index of the translated instrument was 0.94, intra-class correlation coefficients were between 0.37 and 0.80, item difficulty indices were between 0.21 and 0.88, discrimination indices were 0.20-0.78, and the Kuder Richardson for the internal consistency was 0.803.


CONCLUSIONS
The PUPKAI-T was found to be a valid and reliable tool to evaluate nurses' knowledge on pressure ulcer prevention. The PUPKAI-T may be a useful tool for determining educational needs of nurses on pressure ulcer prevention.
Istanbul University Florence Nightingale Faculty of Nursing, Istanbul, Turkey. Electronic address: tulekz@yahoo.com.
Zeliha
Z
Tulek
Istanbul University Florence Nightingale Faculty of Nursing, Istanbul, Turkey.
Cansu
C
Polat
Haydarpasa Hospital of Gulhane Military Medical Academy, Istanbul, Turkey.
Ilknur
I
Ozkan
Alexandreio Technological Educational Institute of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece.
Dimitris
D
Theofanidis
Haydarpasa Hospital of Gulhane Military Medical Academy, Istanbul, Turkey; Gulhane Military Medical Academy, Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey.
Rifat Erdem
RE
Togrol
D004509:Education, Nursing, Continuing; D006801:Humans; D003668:Pressure Ulcer / Q000451:nursing / Q000517:prevention & control; D015397:Program Evaluation; D017592:Skin Care / Q000451:nursing; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D062606:Tertiary Care Centers; D055512:Tertiary Prevention; D014421:Turkey
Pressure ulcer; Pressure ulcer prevention: knowledge assessment instrument; Reliability; Validity