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ArticleHealth and quality of life outcomes2021

Validation of the German version of the needs assessment tool: progressive disease-heart failure.

Valentina Gonzalez-Jaramillo, Jelena Guyer, Nora Luethi, Piotr Sobanski, Rut Zbinden, Eveline Rodriguez, Lukas Hunziker, Steffen Eychmüller, Maud Maessen

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Article in Health and quality of life outcomes, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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7citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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7 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 11 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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9 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Valentina Gonzalez-JaramilloInstitute of Social and Preventive Medicine (ISPM), University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland. valentina.gonzalez@ispm.unibe.ch.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2470-7022
Jelena GuyerDepartment of General Surgery, Spital Emmental, Burgdorf, Switzerland.
Nora LuethiUniversity Center for Palliative Care, Inselspital, University Hospital Bern, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.
Piotr SobanskiPalliative Care Unit and Competence Centre, Department of Internal Medicine, Spital Schwyz, Schwyz, Switzerland.
Rut ZbindenFaculty of Medicine, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.
Eveline RodriguezStiftung Für Langzeitpflege, Tilia Köniz, Köniz, Switzerland.
Lukas HunzikerDepartment of Cardiology, Inselspital University Hospital Bern, Bern, Switzerland.
Steffen Eychmüller *University Center for Palliative Care, Inselspital, University Hospital Bern, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.
Maud Maessen *Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine (ISPM), University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.
University of Bern · CHSpital Linth · CHUniversity Hospital of Bern · CH

Funding

Horizon 2020 801076
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThe Needs Assessment Tool: Progressive Disease-Heart Failure (NAT: PD-HF) is a tool created to assess the needs of people living with heart failure and their informal caregivers to assist delivering care in a more comprehensive way that addresses actual needs that are unmet, and to improve quality of life. In this study, we aimed to (1) Translate the tool into German and culturally adapt it. (2) Assess internal consistency, inter-rater reliability, and test-retest reliability of the German NAT: PD-HF. (3) Evaluate whether and how patients and health care personnel understand the tool and its utility. (4) Assess the tool's face validity, applicability, relevance, and acceptability among health care personnel.

methodsSingle-center validation study. The tool was translated from English into German using a forward-backward translation. To assess internal consistency, we used Cronbach´s alpha. To assess inter-rater reliability and test-retest reliability, we used Cohen´s kappa, and to assess validity we used face validity.

resultsThe translated tool showed good internal consistency. Raters were in substantial agreement on a majority of the questions, and agreement was almost perfect for all the questions in the test-retest analysis. Face validity was rated high by health care personnel.

conclusionThe German NAT: PD-HF is a reliable, valid, and internally consistent tool that is well accepted by both patients and health care personnel. However, it is important to keep in mind that effective use of the tool requires training of health care personnel.

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AgedDisease ProgressionFemaleGermanyHeart FailureHumansMaleMiddle AgedNeeds AssessmentPalliative CarePatient-Centered CareQuality of LifeReproducibility of ResultsStroke VolumeSurveys and QuestionnairesTranslatingHeart failureNAT: PD-HFNeeds assessmentPalliative carePatient-centered care

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PMID34488787
PMCPMC8419951
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