Identification candidate for odour assessment and evaluate validity and reliability among wound care nurses

Abstract

Objective

This study aims to identify a candidate for odour assessment and evaluate the validity and reliability among wound care nurses.

Method

The first stage used the Delphi method to obtain an agreement of candidate odour assessment. The second stage used cross-sectional to evaluate the reliability of selected odour assessment among wound care nurses.

Results

The Delphi study recommends the usage of odour assessment scoring tools in clinical practice. The concurrent validity of odour assessment scoring tool based on bacterial burden (p = 0.042) with (r = 0.43). Interrater Reliability Test by Cronbach alpha confirmed robust correlation (r = 0.91), of the odour assessment scoring tools between rater A and rater B.

Conclusion

The odour assessment scoring tools are valid and reliable to be applied.