Development of a Educational Needs Assessment Tool for Midwives

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  • 「教育ニードアセスメントツール-助産師用-」の開発

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The purpose of this study was to develop a Educational Needs Assessment Tool for Midwives, which had well-established reliability and validity. Fifty-six items were made based on eight aspects. The eight aspects were identified through a qualitative study that showed desirable situation of midwives perceived by the other midwives. The 56 items were grouped into eight subscales corresponding to the 8 aspects. Content validity of the assessment tool was established by a panel of experts and a pilot study. The instrument packets, including the assessment tool and a demographic questionnaire, were distributed to the total of 1,185 midwives who work at hospitals, clinics and maternity homes in Japan. Sixty hundred and seventy two (56.7%) midwives responded of which 616 valid data were analyzed. Item analyses were conducted, and the original 56 items were reduced to 40. Cronbach's alpha, a reliability coefficient of the assessment tool was .968. Test-retest reliability was .765 (p<.001). These results supported the internal consistency and the stability of the assessment tool. The result of a factor analysis showed that the construct validity of the assessment tool was established approximately.

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