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Establishing Intervention Fidelity Of An Oral Motor Intervention For Preterm Infants, Brenda Lessen, Clare Morello, Lori Williams
Establishing Intervention Fidelity Of An Oral Motor Intervention For Preterm Infants, Brenda Lessen, Clare Morello, Lori Williams
Brenda S. Lessen
Purpose: To establish intervention fidelity of the premature infant oral motor intervention (PIOMI)
Design and sample: A rating tool was developed and tested for interrater reliability before being used to test the fidelity of intervention behaviors. A purposeful convenience sample of three users was recruited to perform the intervention under direct observation.
Main outcome variables: Three types of reliabilities were calculated: (1) interrater reliability to test the rating tool, followed by (2) interuser reliability, and (3) test–retest reliabilities to test the intervention behaviors of several registered nurses (RNs) over repeated performances of the intervention.
Results: The rating tool demonstrated a …