Asian Nurs Res.  2020 May;14(2):105-113. 10.1016/j.anr.2020.04.002.

Development of Knowledge and Attitudes Survey on Pain Management for Korean Long-term Care Professionals

• Kwon SH
• Kim H
• Park S
• Jeon W

• KMID: 2502395
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.1016/j.anr.2020.04.002

Abstract

Purpose
Inappropriate knowledge and attitude toward pain management of professionals has been pointed to be major obstacles to effective pain management in long-term care setting. The purpose of this study was to develop the knowledge and attitudes survey on pain management for Korean long-term care (LTC) professionals (KASP-K).
Methods
To develop the KASP-K, the knowledge and attitudes survey regarding pain developed by Ferrell and McCaffery in 2014 was amended after a review of broad literature and the latest pain management standards. A rigorous validation process of the KASP-K was performed by testing the content validity, item difficulty and discrimination index, construct validity, testeretest reliability, and internal consistency.
Results
The KASP-K consisted of 22 items and showed a content validity index of >0.7. The average difficulty of the KASP-K was 0.56 and the discrimination index was >0.2. The construct validity of the KASP-K was verified because of the differences in the sum scores depending on pain education (t ¼ 2.30, p ¼ .024). The testeretest reliability was r ¼ .79 (p < .001) and the Cronbach's alpha was 0.73.
Conclusion
This preliminary evaluation of the KASP-K demonstrated acceptable validity and reliability. The KASP-K will be able to provide scientific and empirical data regarding the knowledge of and attitude toward pain management by LTC professionals.

Keyword

attitude; knowledge; long-term care; pain management; validation study