Study on applying Delphi method for screening nursing workload items in the perioperative period of patients with lumbar disc herniation / 中国实用护理杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To screen nursing workload items in the perioperative period of lumbar disc herniation by using Delphi method for providing scientific basis in order to undertake nursing care cost calculation of single disease. Methods The measuring content of nursing workload was firstly designed on the basis of consulting literature and experts discussion,then two rounds of consultations were made with experts by using the Delphi method. Results Valid questionnaires collected back were 35 and 37,respectively, accounting for 89% and 94% in the two rounds of consultations with the experts,by which fully reflected the support of experts to the study. The average number of authoritative coefficients in the two rounds of consultations with the experts was respectively 0.79, 0.88,which indicated high reliability of the consulting. The overall coordination index for nursing care items in the preoperative/intraoperative/postoperative period of consulting experts respectively was 0.265/0.305/0.359 and 0.435/0.316/0.425, which had statistical significance and indicated the good coordination among the experts advice in determining the nursing care items and the desirability of the results. Conclusions Measurement items of nursing workload in perioperative period of lumbar disc herniation had been screened scientifically and reliably,which could accurately measure the nursing workload of the disease and lay the foundation for further accounting of nursing care cost.