Establishment of weights of quality evaluation indicators for first class nursing based on Delphi method and AHP
AIM: To establish the weights of indicators of quality evaluation system for first class nursing. METHODS: With Delphi method, 22 experts were consulted for three times. Based on the opinions of the experts, Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) was used to calculate the weights of indicators in grade one and grade two and the experts' evaluation was used to calculate the weights of indicators in grade three. RESULTS : In the evaluation indicator system, the weight coefficients of grade one including structure quality, process quality and outcome quality were 0.268, 0.614 and 0. 117 respectively ( CR = 0. 063 ). The items with maximal and minimal weights of the 13 indicators in grade two were illness observation (0. 183 ) , emergency care (0.183) and basic life nursing (0. 023) respectively ( CR = 0.024). The items with maximal weights of the 39 indicators in grade three were medication nursing( 0.061), the performance of treatments(0. 061 ) and the correct rate of nursing intervention (0.061). The Kendall's W of the indicators in grade three was 0.343, (x2 =286.92, P= 0.000). CONCLUSION: The established system provides a scientific and reliable standard to assess the first class nursing quality.
first class nursing carequality indicatorshealth careanalytic hierarchy processdelphi techniqueweight