PMID- 32817500 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20210910 LR - 20210910 IS - 2380-9426 (Electronic) IS - 2380-9418 (Linking) VI - 13 IP - 2 DP - 2020 Jul 1 TI - Preliminary Psychometrics of the Knowledge and Attitudes Toward SBAR Instrument (KA-SBAR). PG - 120-124 LID - 10.1891/JDNP-D-19-00058 [doi] AB - BACKGROUND: When measuring new practice approaches for improving patient safety in the clinical setting, researchers need instruments with evidence of reliability and validity. OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this analysis was to examine the reliability and validity of an instrument to assess knowledge and attitudes toward communication using situation-background-assessment-recommendation (SBAR; KA-SBAR). METHODS: This psychometric analysis was conducted with data from an interprofessional simulation-based learning experience with doctor of nursing practice students (n = 19) and physical therapy students (n = 52). Internal consistency reliability and construct validity tests including factor analysis for the KA-SBAR were conducted. RESULTS: The KA-SBAR instrument had adequate internal consistency reliability and evidence of construct validity, including identification of two factors that explained 70% of the instrument's variance. However, there may be a ceiling effect of scores, making it difficult to show change. CONCLUSIONS: The KA-SBAR instrument may be useful in assessing clinicians' perceptions of SBAR communication in education and practice settings. IMPLICATIONS FOR NURSING: When selecting data collection measures, nurses need to carefully consider the purpose of the measure and evidence of the instrument's reliability and validity. Educators need to consider the clinical expertise of the students in designing challenging simulations to advance learning. CI - (c) Copyright 2020 Springer Publishing Company, LLC. FAU - Cooper, Denise AU - Cooper D AD - University of Michigan-Flint, Flint, Michigan deniser@umich.edu. FAU - Clark, Patricia C AU - Clark PC AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-0368-8392 AD - Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20200421 PL - United States TA - J Dr Nurs Pract JT - Journal of doctoral nursing practice JID - 101685366 SB - IM MH - Adult MH - *Attitude of Health Personnel MH - *Education, Nursing, Graduate MH - Female MH - *Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice MH - Humans MH - Male MH - Patient Safety/*standards MH - Physical Therapists/*psychology MH - Psychometrics MH - Reproducibility of Results MH - Students, Nursing/*psychology MH - Surveys and Questionnaires MH - Young Adult OTO - NOTNLM OT - factor analysis OT - health personnel OT - learning OT - patient safety EDAT- 2020/08/21 06:00 MHDA- 2021/09/11 06:00 CRDT- 2020/08/21 06:00 PHST- 2020/08/21 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2020/08/21 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2021/09/11 06:00 [medline] AID - JDNP-D-19-00058 [pii] AID - 10.1891/JDNP-D-19-00058 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Dr Nurs Pract. 2020 Jul 1;13(2):120-124. doi: 10.1891/JDNP-D-19-00058. Epub 2020 Apr 21.