Instruments for Patient Education: Psychometric Evaluation of the Expected Knowledge (EKhp) and the Received Knowledge of Hospital Patients (RKhp)

• Main Authors: Leino-Kilpi H, Inkeroinen S, Cabrera E, Charalambous A, Fatkulina N, Katajisto J, Sigurðardóttir ÁK, Sourtzi P, Suhonen R, Zabalegui A, Valkeapää K
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Dove Medical Press 2020
• Subjects: empowerment; nursing; patient education as topic; patient participation; patient-centered care; surveys and questionnaires; Medicine (General); R5-920; Akureyri; Andreas; Esther; Saija; Adelaida; Iceland; University of Akureyri
• Online Access: https://doaj.org/article/8cefc9ed85554b6e916301e385a6edaa

Helena Leino-Kilpi,1,2 Saija Inkeroinen,1 Esther Cabrera,3,4 Andreas Charalambous,1,5 Natalja Fatkulina,6,7 Jouko Katajisto,8 Árún K Sigurðardóttir,9,10 Panayota Sourtzi,11 Riitta Suhonen,1,2,12 Adelaida Zabalegui,13,14 Kirsi Valkeapää1,15 1Department of Nursing Science, University of Turku, Turku, Finland; 2Turku University Hospital, Turku, Finland; 3School of Health Sciences, TecnoCampus, University Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain; 4Department of Care Management and Social Work, Sechenov University, Moscow, Russia; 5Nursing Department, Cyprus University of Technology, Limassol, Cyprus; 6Department of Nursing, Klaipeda University, Klaipėda, Lithuania; 7Institute of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Vilnius University, Vilnius, Lithuania; 8Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Turku, Turku, Finland; 9School of Health Sciences, University of Akureyri, Akureyri, Iceland; 10Akureyri Hospital, Akureyri, Iceland; 11Faculty of Nursing, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece; 12Welfare Division, City of Turku, Turku, Finland; 13Hospital Clinic of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain; 14Department of Nursing, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain; 15Human Performance Division, Finnish Defense Research Agency, Järvenpää, FinlandCorrespondence: Saija InkeroinenDepartment of Nursing Science, University of Turku, Turku 20014, FinlandTel [phone]Email [e-mail]: In patient education, there is a need for valid and reliable instruments to assess and tailor empowering educational activities. In this study, we summarize the process of producing two parallel instruments for analyzing hospital patients’ expectations (Expected Knowledge of Hospital Patients, EKhp) and received knowledge (Received Knowledge of Hospital Patients, RKhp) and evaluate the psychometrics of the instruments based on international data. In the instruments, six elements of empowering knowledge are included (bio-physiological, functional, experiential, ethical, social, and financial).Patients and ...