Development and initial testing of the Person-Centred Health Care for Older Adults Survey

作者：Dow Briony^*; Fearn Marcia; Haralambous Betty; Tinney Jean; Hill Keith; Gibson Stephen

来源：International Psychogeriatrics, 2013, 25(7): 1065-1076.

DOI：10.1017/S1041610213000471

• older people
• person-centered care
• hospital setting
• staff perception
• survey

Background: Health services are encouraged to adopt a strong person-centered approach to the provision of care and services for older people. The aim of this project was to establish a user-friendly, psychometrically valid, and reliable measure of healthcare staff%26apos;s practice, attitudes, and beliefs regarding person-centered healthcare. %26lt;br%26gt;Methods: Item reduction (factor analysis) of a previously developed %26quot;benchmarking person-centred care%26quot; survey, followed by psychometric evaluations of the internal consistency reliability and construct validity, was conducted. The initial survey was completed by 1,428 healthcare staff from 17 health services across Victoria, Australia. %26lt;br%26gt;Results: After removing 17 items from the previously developed %26quot;benchmarking person-centred care%26quot; survey, the revised 31-item survey (Person-Centred Health Care for Older Adults Survey) attained eight factors that explain 62.7% of the total variance with a Cronbach%26apos;s alpha coefficient of 0.91, indicating excellent internal consistency. Expert consultation confirmed that the revised survey had content validity. %26lt;br%26gt;Conclusions: The results indicated that the Person-Centred Health Care for Older Adults Survey is a user-friendly, psychometrically valid, and reliable measure of staff perceptions of person-centered healthcare for use in hospital settings.

• 出版日期2013-7