Authors
Department of Radiation Oncology, AIIMS, Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India
Abstract
BACKGROUND: With the increase in the number of new cancer cases, the number of patients
receiving chemotherapy increases. The administration of chemotherapy is a very significant task.
Unfortunately, the availability of a chemotherapy administration checklist still lags behind. The aim
is to develop a chemotherapy administration checklist for patients receiving chemotherapy.
MATERIALS AND METHODS: This study was conducted at the oncology day care and in‑patient
department (IPD) wards of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Jodhpur, Rajasthan.
Methodological research design was used in this study. It took place in five phases: preliminary phase
includes literature review, focussed group discussion, assessment of current practices, generation
of item pool, and preparation of preliminary draft; then its validation by modified Delphi technique,
pilot testing; final try out, and evaluation phase. A total of 260 patients were enrolled.
RESULTS: The content validity index was 0.97. To perform factor analysis and principal component
analysis KMO and Bartlett’s test of sphericity was used, which allows the data for factor analysis to
yield eight components. A total of 26 items were formulated. The scoring was done dichotomously;
a score of 1 is for done and 0 for not done and not applicable. Cronbach’s alpha was used to find
out the internal consistency of the checklist was found to be 0.72. For interrater reliability, the Cohen
kappa’s value was found to be 0.91.
CONCLUSIONS: Chemotherapy administration checklist was a valid and reliable checklist. This
checklist is feasible and easy to incorporate into clinical practices.
Keywords
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