Journal article
Development of the Distraction Coaching Index
Children's Health Care, Vol.36(3), pp.219-235
08/17/2007
DOI: 10.1080/02739610701377897
Abstract
Children's distress during medical procedures can be decreased when professionals or parents provide distraction coaching, but the quality of distraction may contribute to the variation in the results. This article describes the development of the Distraction Coaching Index (DCI), a tool for measuring the quality and frequency of distraction coaching. Nominal group technique and consensus agreement were used for concept clarification and development of behavioral indicators and descriptors. Videotapes of untrained parents, trained parents, and expert professional coaches, who provided distraction to children (4-10 years old) undergoing peripheral intravenous catheter insertion, were used to assess interrater reliability and construct validity. DCI scores were significantly higher for the experts versus untrained parents and trained parents versus untrained parents. The DCI can be used by researchers to evaluate treatment fidelity of distraction coaching and by clinicians for teaching health professionals and parents how to perform distractions.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Development of the Distraction Coaching Index
- Creators
- Charmaine Kleiber - University of Iowa, NursingAnn Marie McCarthy - University of Iowa, NursingKirsten Hanrahan - University of Iowa, NursingLatisha Myers - College of Nursing , University of IowaNancy Weathers - College of Nursing , University of Iowa
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Children's Health Care, Vol.36(3), pp.219-235
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Group
- DOI
- 10.1080/02739610701377897
- ISSN
- 0273-9615
- eISSN
- 1532-6888
- Comment
- Test development: Distraction Coaching Index (DCI)
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 08/17/2007
- Academic Unit
- Stead Family Department of Pediatrics; Nursing; Community and Behavioral Health
- Record Identifier
- 9983557661102771
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