University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN.
J Nurs Meas. 2021 Apr 1;29(1):106-120. doi: 10.1891/JNM-D-19-00080. Epub 2020 Dec 17.
For nurses, muscle tightness is an important aspect of patient care, but no bedside tool is available that allows them to measure it. Therefore, a standardized tool that measures muscle tightness is needed. The purpose of this study was to validate a tool to measure muscle tightness.
Using Delphi technique and quantitative design, the tool was validated in two phases. The phase 1 included 20 expert clinicians who established content validity with Lawshe's rating. In phase 2, divergent validity was established by administering the tool to one group that had muscle tightness ( = 26) and one group that did not ( = 20).
Findings indicate that the muscle tightness measurement tool has content and divergent validity.
Further tool refinement with validity and reliability studies are recommended for clinical practice.
对于护士来说，肌肉紧张是患者护理的一个重要方面，但目前还没有一种床边工具可以让他们进行测量。因此，需要一种标准化的工具来测量肌肉紧张度。本研究的目的是验证一种测量肌肉紧张度的工具。
采用德尔菲技术和定量设计，该工具分两个阶段进行验证。第 1 阶段包括 20 名专家临床医生，他们使用 Lawshe 的评分法确定内容效度。第 2 阶段，通过对一组有肌肉紧张（n=26）和一组没有肌肉紧张（n=20）的患者使用该工具，来确定发散效度。
研究结果表明，肌肉紧张度测量工具具有内容和发散效度。
建议进一步进行有效性和可靠性研究，以对该工具进行完善，使其可用于临床实践。
