Aims: To investigate and describe the current state of knowledge about Fundamental Care in terms of population, contexts, concepts and gaps. Design: A scoping review. Data sources: CINAHL, Medline, PsycINFO and EMBASE databases were searched in April 2021 for eligible literature, published from January 2010, onwards. Review Methods: This scoping review was built around the recommendations of Peters et al. (2020 version). Two researchers conducted the literature search, and three researchers independently screened the titles and abstracts of the retrieved studies' data, using the eligibility criteria and the review questions as a guide. Results: The search yielded 763 records, of which 107 were included. Results are presented under seven subheadings: (a) Countries and Continents, (b) Context, (c) Research Design, (d) Publishing/Journal, (e) Participants and Population, (f) Keywords and (g) Fundamental of Care Framework and Practice Process. All the retrieved articles describe the current state of knowledge about Fundamental Care in terms of population, contexts, concepts and gaps. Conclusion: This scoping review highlighted the elevated number of articles that have been published since the beginning of the work on Fundamental Care, 10 years ago.The included articles are related to different dimensions of research, practice and teaching and to the Fundamentals of Nursing Care, but also to nursing theory. Finally, most of the articles had a nursing focus. Impact:The results of this scoping review allow us to highlight the work from the past 10 years. This may be of interest to learn more about the research surrounding Fundamental Care. This scoping review allows us to better target the theoretical and empirical developments to focus on in the coming years.
AimThis study aimed to develop a Family Concordance Competency Scale for Family System Units (FCCS‐Fa) for families with children having chronic disease, and to evaluate its reliability and validity.MethodsFCCS‐Fa was developed by taking the following steps: (a) drafting based on the elements comprising concordance between healthcare professionals and families with patients suffering from chronic illness; (b) evaluation of face and content validity by an expert panel; and (c) re‐examination of face and content validity by semi‐structured interviews with 16 families. Criterion‐related validity was evaluated using the existing scale and construct validity was evaluated using exploratory factor analysis. Analysis of each FCCS‐Fa evaluation item, internal consistency, and the 2‐week test–retest reliability was also conducted. An anonymous self‐reported questionnaire survey was conducted, targeting families with chronically ill children who were outpatients at three hospitals.ResultsA total of 196 subjects were analyzed. As results of FCCS‐Fa item analysis and exploratory factor analysis, a scale structure comprised of 17 evaluation items and three factors were adopted. In addition, a significant correlation with several existing scales was identified and the criterion‐related validity was also confirmed. The Cronbach's α coefficient for the overall scale was .927, the intraclass correlation coefficient applying the retest method was .905, and internal consistency and test–retest reliability were both confirmed.ConclusionsWe developed FCCS‐Fa with reliability and validity. Assessing family concordance competency using this scale and supporting families to achieve family concordance can lead to self‐management by families.
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