Context Assessment Instrument
The Context Assessment Index is a 37-item instrument used to provide clinicians with the means to assess and understand the context in which they work and the effect this has on using evidence in practice.
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Sample Items

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Relevant Literature:

  1. McCormack, B. (2008). Development of the Context Assessment Index (CAI).
  2. McCormack, B., McCarthy, G., Wright, J., Slater, P., & Coffey, A. (2009). Development and testing of the Context Assessment Index (CAI). Worldviews on Evidence-Based Nursing / Sigma Theta Tau International, Honor Society of Nursing, 6(1), 27–35. doi:10.1111/j.1741-6787.2008.00130.x
  3. Nilsson Kajermo, K., Böe, H., Johansson, E., Henriksen, E., McCormack, B., Gustavsson, J. P., & Wallin, L. (2013). Swedish translation, adaptation and psychometric evaluation of the Context Assessment Index (CAI). Worldviews on Evidence-Based Nursing / Sigma Theta Tau International, Honor Society of Nursing, 10(1), 41–50. doi:10.1111/j.1741-6787.2012.00252.x
  4. Parlour, R., & McCormack, B. (2012). Blending critical realist and emancipatory practice development methodologies: making critical realism work in nursing research. Nursing Inquiry, 19(4), 308–321. doi:10.1111/j.1440-1800.2011.00577.x