RT Journal Article
T1 Development and External Validity of a Short-Form Version of the INICIARE Scale to Classify Nursing Care Dependency Level in Acute Hospitals
A1 Porcel-Gálvez, Ana María
A1 Barrientos-Trigo, Sergio
A1 Fernández-García, Elena
A1 Allande-Cussó, Regina
A1 Quiñoz-Gallardo, María Dolores
A1 Morales-Asencio, José Miguel
K1 Assessment tools
K1 Dependency care
K1 Health measurements
K1 Hospitals
K1 Instrument development
K1 Nursing care
K1 Outcome assessment
K1 Psychometrics
K1 Scales
K1 Validation studies
K1 Atención de enfermería
K1 Evaluación de resultado en la atención de salud
K1 Psicometría
K1 Análisis factorial
K1 Estudios longitudinales
K1 Encuestas y cuestionarios
K1 Hospital
AB Background: The increasing dependence care in patients hospitalized in acute hospitals around the world entails classification systems heeding the wide range of care dependency levels generated by the many different types of dependent patients. This article is a report of a study assessing the validity and reliability of a short-from version of the instrument (Inventario del NIvel de Cuidados mediante Indicadores de Resultados de Enfermería (INICIARE)) used to classify inpatients according to their care dependency level. Methods: The validation, carried out in a multicenter longitudinal study, included three different samples: the first sample of 1800 patients to evaluate the reliability and validity, a second of 762 patients for confirmatory factor analysis, and a third of 762 to test the short-form version. Patients over 16 years of age, admitted to medical or surgical units at 11 public hospitals, were included. Results: The final sample included 3605 patients. Patients had a mean age of 64.5 years, 60% were admitted to medical units, with severe dependency. The validation process yielded two versions of the instrument: a 40-item version, with eight factors with 83.6% of total variance explained and Cronbach's alpha values between 0.98 and 0.92, and a short-form with 26 items, with five factors and Cronbach's alpha values between 0.96 and 0.90. The Confirmatory Factor Analysis yielded a good fit model to the 40-item version (Chi Square on Degrees of Freedom CMIN/DF) = 1.335; Normed Fit Index (NFI); Tucker-Lewis Index (TLI); Comparative Fit Index (CFI) > 0.90; Standardized Residual Root Mean Square (RMSEA) = 0.02; and Standardized Residual Root Mean Square (SRMR) = 0.027) and 26-item version (Chi Square on Degrees of Freedom CMIN/DF = 1.385; NFI = 0.998; CFI = 0.999; RMSEA = 0.02; and SRMR 0.02). Both INICIARE versions obtained a high correlation between them (r = 0.96; p < 0.001). Conclusion: INICIARE has proved to be a valid and reliable instrument for the assessment of the level of care dependency of acutely hospitalized patients.
PB MDPI
SN 1661-7827
YR 2020
FD 2020-11-17
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10668/3500
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10668/3500
LA en
NO Porcel-Gálvez AM, Barrientos-Trigo S, Fernández-García E, Allande-Cussó R, Quiñoz-Gallardo MD, Morales-Asencio JM. Development and External Validity of a Short-Form Version of the INICIARE Scale to Classify Nursing Care Dependency Level in Acute Hospitals. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2020 Nov 17;17(22):8511
DS RISalud
RD Jul 29, 2025