PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Monica Lopez-Garcia
AU  - Leticia Rubio
AU  - Rafael Gomez-Garcia
AU  - Fuensanta Sanchez-Sanchez
AU  - Mitsunori Miyashita
AU  - Maria Dolores Medina-Abellan
AU  - Maria D. Perez-Carceles
TI  - Palliative care knowledge test for nurses and physicians: validation and cross-cultural adaptation
AID  - 10.1136/bmjspcare-2019-002182
DP  - 2020 Apr 22
TA  - BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care
PG  - bmjspcare-2019-002182
4099  - http://spcare.bmj.com/content/early/2020/04/22/bmjspcare-2019-002182.short
4100  - http://spcare.bmj.com/content/early/2020/04/22/bmjspcare-2019-002182.full
AB  - Background Palliative care knowledge is essential in primary healthcare due to the increasing number of patients who require attention in the final stage of their life. Health professionals (physicians and nurses) need to acquire specific knowledge and abilities to provide high-quality palliative care. The development of education programmes in palliative care is necessary. The Palliative Care Knowledge Test (PCKT) is a questionnaire that evaluates the basic knowledge about palliative care, but it has not been adapted into Spanish, and its effectiveness and utility for Spanish culture have not been analysed.Objective The aim of this study was to report the translation into Spanish and a psychometric analysis of the PCKT.Methods The questionnaire survey was validated with a group of 561 physicians and nurses. The PCKT Spanish Version (PCKT-SV) was obtained from a process, including translation, back translation and revision by experts and a pilot study. The content validity and reliability of the questionnaire were analysed.Results The results showed internal consistency and reliability indexes similar to those obtained by the original version of PCKT.Conclusion The PCKT-SV is a useful instrument for measuring Spanish-speaking physician and nurse knowledge of palliative care, and it is suitable to evaluate the effectiveness of training activities in palliative care.