TY - JOUR T1 - Conceptual and operational definitions for the indicators of the nursing outcome classification: Symptom control in patients with heart failure in palliative care JO - EnfermerĂ­a ClĂ­nica (English Edition) T2 - AU - Quirino Afonso,Beatriz AU - da Costa Ferreira,Natany AU - Gengo e Silva Butcher,Rita de Cassia SN - 24451479 M3 - 10.1016/j.enfcle.2020.01.002 DO - 10.1016/j.enfcle.2020.01.002 UR - https://www.elsevier.es/en-revista-enfermeria-clinica-english-edition--435-articulo-conceptual-operational-definitions-for-indicators-S2445147920300631 AB - ObjectiveTo validate conceptual and operational definitions of Symptom control (1608) indicators for patients with cardiac diseases in palliative care. MethodDefinitions were established through a literature review and were validated by consensus among expert nurses. Two rounds of the Delphi method and a meeting with experts were carried out in order to validate the definitions for the indicators and for the magnitude of response for each indicator. ResultsConceptual and operational definitions for Symptom control (1608) indicators and for the magnitude of response for each indicator were validated. ConclusionsAll conceptual and operational definitions of 11 indicators of the nursing outcome Symptom control (1608) were validated by experts. Content and clinical validation studies remain necessary to verify the capacity of the indicators to measure the effectiveness of nursing interventions in clinical practice and research. ER -