NURSING COMPETENCY SCALE IN PRESSURE INJURY PREVENTION: A SCALE DEVELOPMENT STUDY

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Conditions studied: Pressure Injury, Nursing Competency

In brief

Pressure injuries remain an important patient safety problem and are associated with prolonged hospitalization, increased healthcare costs, pain, and reduced quality of care. Nurses play a key role in the prevention of pressure injuries through risk assessment, skin care, positioning, nutritional management, and evidence-based preventive interventions. The purpose of this study is to develop and evaluate the psychometric properties of the Nursing Competency Scale in Pressure Injury Prevention. The scale is intended to assess nurses' competencies regarding pressure injury prevention in line with updated international guidelines. The study will be conducted with nurses working in a training and research hospital in Türkiye. The scale development process will include item generation, expert evaluation for content validity, pilot testing, exploratory factor analysis, confirmatory factor analysis, criterion validity, internal consistency analysis, and test-retest reliability assessment.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT07590765

Run by

University of Yalova

People needed

300

Starts

2026-05-20

Expected to finish

2027-01-30

Last updated by the study team

2026-05-15

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Working as a nurse in the related institution
• Voluntarily agreeing to participate in the study
• Being 18 years of age or older

You may not qualify if…

• Not working as a nurse in the related institution
• Not voluntarily agreeing to participate in the study
• Incomplete completion of the data collection forms

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