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Dena M. Attallah

Fakeeh College for Medical Sciences, Jeddah 23323, KSA

Title: Development and implementation of the feasibility of Nurse-sensitive outcome indicators set for assessing the variation in the quality of care in ambulatory chemotherapy units in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

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Biography: Dena M. Attallah

Abstract

Background: The quality of patient care is a universal concern among healthcare managers, policymakers and consumers. In order to benchmark and improve patient outcomes and demonstrate the impact of high-quality care provided by ambulatory chemotherapy services (ACSs), it is important to develop patient-reported nurse-sensitive indicators, specific to chemotherapy-related symptoms and experiences of supportive care. This study builds on previous work by Armes et al. (2014) who developed the Patient-Reported Chemotherapy Indicators of Symptoms and Experience (PR-CISE).

 

Aims: This study aims to explore a range of methodological and feasibility issues that relate to the development and implementation of Nurse-Sensitive Outcome indicators (NSOIs) and associated tools in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA). It also aims to establish whether variability exists in Nurse-sensitive Outcomes (NSOs) amongst ambulatory chemotherapy units in the KSA.

 

Methods: A feasibility study employed a descriptive, cross-sectional survey with two preparation stages. In Stage I, instrument items were developed. In Stage II, the feasibility of delivering the protocol was evaluated and the questionnaire piloted.

 

Results: The pilot testing of the recruitment, research tools, and data collection process was useful in providing the groundwork. The cross-sectional survey confirmed that survey processes were efficient. Significant differences were observed in the distribution of the severity of symptoms between ACSs in six out of seven studied symptoms.

 

Conclusions: The Arabic PR-SICE questionnaire was acceptable and may be used to generate evidence about NSOs in ACSs in the KSA and inform future policy and practice.