Adapting Cognitive Interviewing for Nursing Research

Abstract

Cognitive interviewing (CI) has been used by instrument developers to examine how well an instrument generates the intended data when tested with prospective respondents. In using CI to test a new instrument to measure patients’ perceptions of the quality of nursing care, the authors found challenges in applying a theory-based traditional CI approach derived from experimental psychology to more clinically-oriented nursing research. The purposes of this article are to describe these challenges and the modifications of CI to capture the nursing care perspectives of hospitalized participants, and to present interpretive phenomenology as a theoretical orientation for clinically-situated CI.

The Reported Edmonton Frail Scale‐Thai version: Development and Validation of a Culturally‐Sensitive Instrument

“…For step 3, we used small group interviews to complete the cross-cultural translation and refinement of the frailty screening instrument. Cognitive interviewing methods (Izumi, Vandermause, & Benavides-Vaello,-2013) were used to examine the content and the meaning attached to each item by the respondents and to explore the level of difficulty the respondent had in completing the instrument. The mention of ambiguities and suggestions for improvement were also noted.…”

Parents' Use of Nonpharmacologic Methods to Manage Procedural Pain in Infants

“…Before data collection, the questionnaires were pilot tested with 13 parents whose infants were hospitalized in the NICU, and 5 of these parents were interviewed about the content of the items and their understandability (Izumi, Vandermause, & Bernavides-Vaello, 2013) by one of the authors (T.P.). In addition, an expert panel consisting of five nurses who specialized in pediatric pain management, three researchers, and two specialists in nursing science methodology evaluated the content validity of the instrument (Polit & Beck, 2006).…”

Nurses' and Parents' Perceptions of Parental Guidance on Using Nonpharmacological Pain-Relieving Methods Among Neonates in the NICU

“…In addition, the questionnaire for parents was piloted with 13 parents whose children were hospitalized in the NICU, and five of them were interviewed using the principles of cognitive interviewing (Izumi, Vandermause, & Benavides-Vaello, 2013) by one of the authors (TP). The results indicated that some questions concerning guidance on nonpharmacological methods (i.e., holding and breast-feeding) and parents' background (i.e., educational level) were clarified, but no new questions were added to the questionnaire.…”