# Development and Validation of the Companion's Satisfaction Questionnaire of Patient's Hospitalized in Intensive Care Units

## TL;DR

This study created and validated a questionnaire to measure the satisfaction of companions of ICU patients in Iran.

## Contribution

The study introduces a new 22-item questionnaire specifically for assessing companion satisfaction in ICU settings.

## Key findings

- The questionnaire includes three subscales: nursing staff communication, nursing care, and decision making.
- The questionnaire demonstrated high internal consistency (0.94) and stability (0.95).
- The tool is valid and reliable for measuring companion satisfaction in Iranian ICU patients.

## Abstract

The current study aimed to develop and validate of companions’ satisfaction questionnaire of patients hospitalized in ICUs.

This is a methodological study that was performed in three phases: In the first phase, the concept of companion's satisfaction of patients hospitalized in ICUs was defined through qualitative content analysis method. In the second phase, early items of questionnaire were generated based on findings of the first phase. In the third and final phase, validation of the questionnaire was evaluated using face, content and construct validity as well as reliability.

In exploratory factor analysis, three subscales including: satisfaction with nursing staff communication (5 items), satisfaction with nursing care (12 items), and satisfaction with decision making (5 items) were extracted by Eigen value above one and factor load above 0.5. Internal consistency and stability of the developed questionnaire confirmed with 0.94 and 0.95 respectively that indicated acceptable reliability.

The 22-item developed questionnaire is valid and reliable for measurement of levels of companion's satisfaction of Iranian patients hospitalized in ICUs.