Development and psychometric evaluation of nurses’ perception towards the gap between knowledge and practice

Aim The aim of the study was to develop a survey instrument and psychometrically evaluate nurses’ perceptions of the gap between knowledge and practice. Although the nursing literature has widely documented a gap between knowledge and practice, no instrument has been developed to measure this gap. D...

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Published in:Nursing open 2022-03, Vol.9 (2), p.1497-1505
Main Authors: Gassas, Roaa Sabri, Ahmed, Mohamed Eldigire
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
clinical settings
Decision making
Education
Evidence-based nursing
Evidence-based practice
factors
Humans
instrument development
integration
Knowledge
knowledge practice gap
learning
Likert scale
nurse
Nurse Education Report
Nurses
nursing knowledge
nursing practice
Patient safety
Patient satisfaction
Perception
Psychometrics
Quantitative psychology
Reproducibility of Results
scale measurement
Sepsis
Surveys and Questionnaires
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Summary:Aim The aim of the study was to develop a survey instrument and psychometrically evaluate nurses’ perceptions of the gap between knowledge and practice. Although the nursing literature has widely documented a gap between knowledge and practice, no instrument has been developed to measure this gap. Design Psychometric analysis was done on 513 nurses working in different positions at two large hospitals in Jeddah City. Methods Cronbach's alpha was used to determine the internal consistency and reliability of the research instrument, and a panel of experts evaluated the validity of the tool's content. Result The content validity index computed from expert rankings was 0.89. Factor analysis yielded four major components: knowledge, practice, environment and learning. Cronbach's alpha indicated a high level of internal consistency and reliability for the component items. The newly developed scale will facilitate measuring nurses’ perceptions of the knowledge–practice gap in clinical settings.
ISSN:2054-1058
2054-1058
DOI:10.1002/nop2.1174