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Apparent validity of a questionnaire to assess workplace violence

Abstract

Objective

To elaborate a questionnaire for assessing and evaluate the apparent validity of the workplace violence suffered or witnessed by nursing staff.

Methods

A methodological study with the participation of five judges selected by competence. The questionnaire was evaluated by judges according to comprehensiveness, objectivity, organization and relevance. The percentage of presence or absence of the criteria for each item evaluated in the first and second round of evaluation was presented by descriptive statistics.

Results

The questionnaire was structured in five sections with 54 questions, and had as structure and content reference some of the existing instruments and the specialized literature on workplace violence. The second round of evaluation obtained favorable assessment of the judges as the presence of the criteria of each assessed item.

Conclusion

The questionnaire may present one more possibility for the measurement of the occurrence of violence in the nursing and health environment.

Nursing research; Questionnaires; Nursing staff; Workplace violence; Validation studies

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