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Journal Article
Evaluating the Construct Validity of the Charité Alarm Fatigue Questionnaire using Confirmatory Factor Analysis
2024
Overview
The Charité Alarm Fatigue Questionnaire (CAFQa) is a 9-item questionnaire that aims to standardize how alarm fatigue in nurses and physicians is measured. We previously hypothesized that it has 2 correlated scales, one on the psychosomatic effects of alarm fatigue and the other on staff's coping strategies in working with alarms.
We aimed to validate the hypothesized structure of the CAFQa and thus underpin the instrument's construct validity.
We conducted 2 independent studies with nurses and physicians from intensive care units in Germany (study 1: n=265; study 2: n=1212). Responses to the questionnaire were analyzed using confirmatory factor analysis with the unweighted least-squares algorithm based on polychoric covariances. Convergent validity was assessed by participants' estimation of their own alarm fatigue and exposure to false alarms as a percentage.
In both studies, the χ2 test reached statistical significance (study 1: χ226=44.9; P=.01; study 2: χ226=92.4; P<.001). Other fit indices suggested a good model fit (in both studies: root mean square error of approximation <0.05, standardized root mean squared residual <0.08, relative noncentrality index >0.95, Tucker-Lewis index >0.95, and comparative fit index >0.995). Participants' mean scores correlated moderately with self-reported alarm fatigue (study 1: r=0.45; study 2: r=0.53) and weakly with self-perceived exposure to false alarms (study 1: r=0.3; study 2: r=0.33).
The questionnaire measures the construct of alarm fatigue as proposed in our previous study. Researchers and clinicians can rely on the CAFQa to measure the alarm fatigue of nurses and physicians.
Publisher
JMIR Publications
Subject
/ Clinical Alarms - statistics & numerical data
/ Consent
/ Development and Evaluation of Research Methods, Instruments and Tools
/ Ethics
/ Factor Analysis, Statistical
/ Female
/ Germany
/ Humans
/ Male
/ Nurses
/ Research Instruments, Questionnaires, and Tools
/ Tools and Questionnaires in Human Factors Evaluation
/ Validity
