TY - JOUR T1 - Quality of Care Standards for Nursing Clinics in Rheumatology JO - Reumatología Clínica (English Edition) T2 - AU - Muñoz Fernández,Santiago AU - Lázaro y De Mercado,Pablo AU - Alegre López,Javier AU - Almodóvar González,Raquel AU - Alonso Ruiz,Alberto AU - Ballina García,Francisco Javier AU - Bilbao Cantarero,Ana María AU - Cabañas Sáenz,Mercedes AU - García-Vicuña,Rosario AU - Mínguez Vega,Mauricio AU - Padró Blanch,Isabel AU - Román Ivorra,José Andrés AU - Roncal Marqueta,Encarnación SN - 21735743 M3 - 10.1016/j.reumae.2013.06.001 DO - 10.1016/j.reumae.2013.06.001 UR - https://www.reumatologiaclinica.org/en-quality-care-standards-for-nursing-articulo-S2173574313000774 AB - BackgroundNursing clinics in rheumatology (NCR) are organizational models in the field of nursing care. There are various NCR models, but there is no consensus on its operational definition. Our objective is to develop quality standards to define and characterize a NCR. MethodTwo-round Delphi method. The panel consisted of 67 experts: rheumatologists and nurses of the nursing working group of the Spanish Society of Rheumatology (SSR). The Delphi questionnaire was developed after a literature and experience review from previous SSR projects. The questionnaire consists of 7 sections: general considerations, standards of structure, process, treatment and monitoring, health education, training and research and quality of care. Each item was scored from 1 (least important) to 9 (most important) or by assigning a number (e.g. waiting days). The degree of agreement among the experts was categorized according to the coefficient of variation (CoV) between very high (CoV≤25%) and very low (CoV>100%). ResultsThe second round questionnaire (182 items) was answered by 46 panelists (34 rheumatologists and 12 nurses). A very important agreement was reached on the general standards of structure, process, treatment and monitoring, health education and quality of care. Less agreement was observed on standards related to training time, number of recommended nurses’ research projects and publications. ConclusionThe standards developed in this study would be useful for establishing desirable quality standards of structure and process, and criteria for clinical work, research and teaching that can be used to develop and evaluate the NCRs. ER -