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Validation of the Bluebelle Wound Healing questionnaire (WHQ) for assessment of surgical site infection in primary surgical wounds after hospital discharge
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(2019) Validation of the Bluebelle Wound Healing questionnaire (WHQ) for assessment of surgical site infection in primary surgical wounds after hospital discharge. British Journal of Surgery, 106 (3). pp. 226-235. doi:10.1002/bjs.11008
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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1002/bjs.11008
Abstract
Background
Accurate assessment of surgical‐site infection (SSI) is crucial for surveillance and research. Self‐reporting patient measures are needed because current SSI tools are limited for assessing patients after leaving hospital. The Bluebelle Wound Healing Questionnaire (WHQ) was developed for patient or observer completion; this study tested its acceptability, scale structure, reliability and validity in patients with closed primary wounds after abdominal surgery.
Methods
Patients completed the WHQ (self‐assessment) within 30 days after leaving hospital and returned it by post. Healthcare professionals completed the WHQ (observer assessment) by telephone or face‐to‐face. Questionnaire response rates and patient acceptability were assessed. Factor analysis and Cronbach's α examined scale structure and internal consistency. Test–retest and self‐ versus observer reliability assessments were performed. Sensitivity and specificity for SSI discrimination against a face‐to‐face reference diagnosis (using Centers for Disease Control and Prevention criteria) were examined.
Results
Some 561 of 792 self‐assessments (70·8 per cent) and 597 of 791 observer assessments (75·5 per cent) were completed, with few missing data or problems reported. Data supported a single‐scale structure with strong internal consistency (α greater than 0·8). Reliability between test–retest and self‐ versus observer assessments was good (κ 0·6 or above for the majority of items). Sensitivity and specificity for SSI discrimination was high (area under the receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve 0·91).
Conclusion
The Bluebelle WHQ is acceptable, reliable and valid with a single‐scale structure for postdischarge patient or observer assessment of SSI in closed primary wounds.
| Item Type: | Journal Article | |||||||||
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| Subjects: | R Medicine > RD Surgery | |||||||||
| Divisions: | Faculty of Medicine > Warwick Medical School > Health Sciences > Clinical Trials Unit Faculty of Medicine > Warwick Medical School > Health Sciences Faculty of Medicine > Warwick Medical School |
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| Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Surgical wound infections | |||||||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | British Journal of Surgery | |||||||||
| Publisher: | John Wiley & Sons Ltd. | |||||||||
| ISSN: | 0007-1323 | |||||||||
| Official Date: | February 2019 | |||||||||
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| Volume: | 106 | |||||||||
| Number: | 3 | |||||||||
| Page Range: | pp. 226-235 | |||||||||
| DOI: | 10.1002/bjs.11008 | |||||||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | |||||||||
| Publication Status: | Published | |||||||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Open Access | |||||||||
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