International journal for quality in health care : journal of the International Society for Quality in Health Care
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Int J Qual Health Care · Feb 2013
Human factors in clinical handover: development and testing of a 'handover performance tool' for doctors' shift handovers.
To develop and test a handover performance tool (HPT) able to help clinicians to systematically assess the quality and safety of shift handovers. ⋯ Communication determined the majority of handover quality. Teamwork and situation awareness also provided an independent contribution to the overall quality rating. The HPT has demonstrated good validity and reliability providing evidence that it can be easily used by raters with different backgrounds and in several clinical settings. The HPT could be utilized to assess doctors' handover quality systematically, as well as teaching tool in medical schools or in continuing professional development programmes for self-reflective practice.
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Int J Qual Health Care · Dec 2012
Quality of care as a determinant of health-related quality of life in ill-hospitalized adolescents at a tertiary care hospital in North India.
To evaluate if quality of care (QoC) provided by hospital is a determinant of ill-hospitalized adolescent's health-related quality of life (HRQoL) from parent's perspective. ⋯ The Pyramid instrument is a reliable instrument for assessing parent's perception of QoC provided to hospitalized adolescents in Indian context. QoC was positively associated with HRQoL, thus, an increased focus on QoC especially staff attitude is likely to enhance adolescent's overall HRQoL.
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Int J Qual Health Care · Oct 2012
ReviewA review of hospital characteristics associated with improved performance.
The objective of this review was to critically appraise the literature relating to associations between high-level structural and operational hospital characteristics and improved performance. ⋯ There is limited, mainly low-quality evidence, supporting the associations between hospital characteristics and healthcare performance. Further characteristic-specific systematic reviews are indicated.
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Int J Qual Health Care · Oct 2012
Reliability and accuracy of the screening for adverse events in Brazilian hospitals.
To analyze the reliability and accuracy of the screening for adverse events (AEs) conducted by nurses taking the assessment by medical residents as the reference. ⋯ The results suggested a good performance of the nurses in the screening for detection of AE and showed significant differences in relation to detection of specific screening criteria among reviewers. A better understanding of the screening process and the performance of reviewers was provided.
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Int J Qual Health Care · Oct 2012
Development of an instrument to measure face validity, feasibility and utility of patient questionnaire use during health care: the QQ-10.
To develop and establish the psychometric properties of an instrument to measure face validity, feasibility and utility of patient questionnaires used during health care. ⋯ Our instrument offers a valid, reliable measure of patients' views relating to value and burden of using health-related quality of life questionnaires. Its two domains show good internal reliability and with its free text items, it may offer a valuable, standardized assessment of face validity and utility of other questionnaires used in health care.