Development of a Discharge Criteria Checklist for COVID-19 Patients From the Intensive Care Unit. Issue 2 (April 2023)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Mahran, Ghada S. K.; Gadallah, Marzoka A.; Ahmed, Awatef E.; Abouzied, Warda R.; Obiedallah, Ahmed A.; Sayed, Magdy M. M.; Abbas, Mostafa S.; Mohamed, Sherif A. A.
• Is Part Of: Critical care nursing quarterly. Volume 46:Issue 2(2023)
• Page Start: 227
• Page End: 238
• Publication Date: 2023-04
• Subjects: COVID-19 -- critical care -- discharge criteria -- ICU -- intensive care unit -- nursing -- safety -- tool validation; Critical care medicine -- Periodicals; Intensive care nursing -- Periodicals; Education, Nursing, Continuing -- Periodicals; Critical Care -- Periodicals; Emergencies -- Periodicals; 616.028
• DOI: 10.1097/CNQ.0000000000000455
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0887-9303

Abstract

Abstract : This study aims to develop and validate a checklist of discharge readiness criteria for COVID-19 patients from the intensive care unit (ICU). We conducted a Delphi design study. The degree of agreement among 7 experts had been evaluated using the content validity index (CVI) through a 4-point Likert scale. The instrument was validated with 17 items. All the experts rated all items as very relevant which scored the item-CVI 1, which validates all checklist items. Using the mean of all items, the scale-CVI was calculated, and it was 1. This meant validation of the checklist as a whole. With regard to the overall checklist evaluation, the mean expert proportion of the instrument was 1, and the S-CVI/UA was 1. This discharge criteria checklist improves transition of care for COVID-19 patients and can help nurses, doctors, and academics to discharge COVID-19 patients from the ICU safely.