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| Development of the Family Status Scale for Hospitalized Cancer Patients Based on the Delphi Method |
| Nursing College of Shanxi Medical University， Taiyuan 030001， China |
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Abstract Objective： To develop a appropriate assessment scale of hospitalized cancer patients’ family status and provide a good measurement tool to assess the hospitalized cancer patients’ family status in our country. Method： Using the third edition of“ nursing outcomes classification” as a framework， determined the alternative index by reviewing literature and interviewing experts， then formed the expert advisory questionnaire after the research team’s discussion， used the Delphi method（ Delphi Method） to do two rounds’ letter inquiry on 22 experts. Result： After two rounds’ expert inquiry， we finally developed an assessment tool with 53 items classified in 5 dimensions named as family normalization， family function， family economic and health status， family involvement professional care and family support during treatment. The expert inquiry positive coefficient of two rounds were 96% and 100%， the experts authority coefficient both was 0.84， the coordination indexes were 0.305 and 0.437. Conclusion： The family status scale for hospitalized cancer patients developed by using Delphi method has high reliability and can improve the cancer patients’ quality of life， it can be applied in clinical practice.
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