Undercoverage of the elderly institutionalized population: The risk of biased estimates and the potentials of weighting

In most social surveys, the elderly institutionalized population is not part of the target population because it is considered as hard-to-reach and hard-to-interview. The deliberate exclusion of institutionalized elderly from survey samples might cause bias, like previous studies investigating institutionalized elderly persons and their transition to institutions implied. We use a Monte Carlo simulation based on cross-national samples of the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE) to test whether the noncoverage and undercoverage of the elderly institutionalized population lead to biased estimates. Moreover, we examined to what extent weights could be used to correct for the underrepresentation of the institutionalized population. Our results show that noncoverage leads to biased estimates in two healthrelated variables. With respect to undercoverage, the precision of all estimates is better, especially if weights accounting for the hard-to-survey population are applied

Researching Across Two Cultures: Shifting Positionality

Embodied and creative research methods provoke honesty, emotion, and vulnerability in participants, which add to the richness of the stories they tell and are willing to share. The positionality of the researcher is less of “interviewer” and more “co-producer” or participant in a dialogue. Visual and creative approaches invite participants to share in ways in which they are not able or willing through words alone. The data and outputs they produce, with film, art, or objects, can in turn affect those who see it more than written text and need to be analysed and disseminated along with more traditional transcripts, articles, and presentations. In the context of investigating sensitive issues such as those around embodied identity, these methods, which use embodied methods to explore embodied research questions, may feel the most appropriate. These approaches lie along the boundary of therapy and research, asking much of researchers who are unlikely to have received therapeutic training or ongoing support. Due to this deficit, the researched may find that their experience is not held or contained in a way that the content would demand. Similarly, the data themselves lie on the boundary of art and research, in that they can be seen as more than a tool to facilitate reflection, but as artifacts in their own right. What are the implications in this scenario? Where should we position ourselves and our work along these boundaries? Who holds the space for the researcher and the researched if both are made vulnerable

A quasi-experiment to evaluate the effects of a blended approach of simulation learning and podcasting on caring behaviours

Background: The need for quality nursing personnel in clinical practice expected nurse teachers to be able to impart instrumental and expressive aspects of caring behaviours to nursing students. Operating in a resource-limited higher educational context, nurse teachers are required to do so in a cost effective way. This study as part of a larger study evaluated the effects of a blended approach to learning of caring behaviours based on ‘modified’ medium-fidelity simulation scenarios and podcasting to repeat debriefs. Methods: This study employed a quasi-experimental, two group pre-test-post-test design. The study included 146 second year nursing students. Participants were divided into ‘intervention’ and ‘control’ groups and were asked to complete a caring behaviour inventory scale at various stages of the research study. Results: Students in the intervention group scored statistically higher, post receiving medium-fidelity simulation learning and higher post podcasting. The exposure to high fidelity simulation learning has resulted in the lower scoring in control group. Conclusions: This study highlights the value of a blended approach based on medium-fidelity simulation learning and podcasting. Successful learning of caring behaviours lies in the heart of a care-oriented teaching approach rather than the use of sophisticated technologies. This study has implications for a better practice in nursing education for developing student caring behaviours, it also has a wider implication for all vocational and non-nursing healthcare education

Autoconfiança para intervenção em emergências: adaptação e validação cultural da Self-confidence Scale em estudantes de Enfermagem

Objetivo: efectuar la adaptación cultural y validación de una versión portuguesa de la Self-confidence Scale. Método: estudio descriptivo, exploratorio, de investigación metodológica, de adaptación y validación de instrumento de medida. Fueron seguidas las etapas de traducción, síntesis, retro traducción, revisión, pre-prueba y evaluación semántica. La evaluación fue desarrollada con 178 estudiantes del Curso de Licenciatura en Enfermería. Fueron respetados los principios éticos. Resultados: el análisis de consistencia interna de la escala revela buenos valores de Alpha (0,92 global y superiores a 0,83 para las diferentes dimensiones). El análisis factorial muestra una solución con tres factores que poseen significado racional. Conclusión: La escala es fácil de responder y comprender. Con base en los resultados alcanzados, podemos afirmar que la escala revela buenas propiedades psicométricas, con elevado potencial para utilización en investigaciones futuras.Objective: develop the cultural adaptation and validation of a Portuguese version of the Self-confidence Scale. Method: descriptive and exploratory methodological research for the adaptation and validation of a measuring instrument. The translation, synthesis, back-translation, revision, pretest and semantic evaluation phases were accomplished. The evaluation involving 178 students from a Teaching Diploma Program in Nursing. The ethical principles were complied with. Results: the internal consistency analysis of the scale reveals good Alpha coefficients (0.92 for the global scale and superior to 0.83 for the different dimensions). The factor analysis presents a three-factor solution with rational meaning. Conclusion: The scale is easy to answer and understand. Based on the obtained results, it can be affirmed that the scale reveals good psychometric properties, with great potential to be used in future research.Objetivo: realizar a adaptação cultural e validação de uma versão portuguesa da Self-confidence Scale. Método: estudo descritivo, exploratório, de investigação metodológica, de adaptação e validação de instrumento de medida. Foram cumpridas as etapas de tradução, síntese, retrotradução, revisão, pré-teste e avaliação semântica. A avaliação foi desenvolvida com 178 estudantes do Curso de Licenciatura em Enfermagem. Foram respeitados os princípios éticos. Resultados: a análise de consistência interna da escala revela bons valores de alpha (0,92 no global e superiores a 0,83 para as diferentes dimensões). A análise fatorial apresenta uma solução com três fatores, tendo esses significado racional. Conclusão: a escala é de fácil resposta e compreensão. Pelos resultados obtidos, pode-se afirmar que a escala revela boas propriedades psicométricas, apresentando elevado potencial para utilização em investigações futuras

Proceedings of the Salford Postgraduate Annual Research Conference (SPARC) 2011

These proceedings bring together a selection of papers from the 2011 Salford Postgraduate Annual Research Conference(SPARC). It includes papers from PhD students in the arts and social sciences, business, computing, science and engineering, education, environment, built environment and health sciences. Contributions from Salford researchers are published here alongside papers from students at the Universities of Anglia Ruskin, Birmingham City, Chester,De Montfort, Exeter, Leeds, Liverpool, Liverpool John Moores and Manchester

Nursing Student Experience and Safety Awareness Using 360-Degree Immersive Video Simulation

As the use of simulation in pre-licensure nursing education increases, it is important to evaluate new approaches to clinical simulation. A new technology called 360-degree immersive video has the potential to be used in nursing education but its use in nursing education has not been studied extensively. This study evaluated nursing student satisfaction and identification of risks to patient safety with 360-degree immersive video simulation when compared to conventional video simulation. In this quasi-experimental quantitative study, 91 final semester nursing students viewed either a 360-degree immersive video simulation depicting multiple risks to patient safety or a conventional video of the same scene. Participants then completed the National League for Nursing (NLN, 2019) Student Satisfaction and Self-Confidence questionnaire and listed identified risks to patient safety depicted in the video. Additionally, participants who viewed the 360-degree immersive video simulation were asked four open-ended, written exploratory questions about their perceptions of the technology. Participants who viewed the 360-degree immersive video simulation had higher satisfaction scores on 3 of the 13 items on the NLN questionnaire than participants who viewed the conventional video simulation. There was no significant difference in the number of risks to patient safety identified between groups