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- Title
The Swedish P-CAT: modification and exploration of psychometric properties of two different versions.
- Authors
Selan, Denis; Jakobsson, Ulf; Condelius, Anna
- Abstract
The aim of this study was to further investigate the psychometric properties (with focus on construct validity and scale function) of the Swedish version of the Person-centred Care Assessment Tool (P- CAT) in a sample consisting of staff working in elderly care units (N = 142). The aim was also to further develop and psychometrically test a modified, noncontext-specific version of the instrument ( mP- CAT) in a sample consisting of staff working in primary health care or within home care for older people (N = 182). Principal component analysis with varimax rotation initially suggested a three-factor solution for the P- CAT, explaining 55.96% of variance. Item 13 solely represented one factor wherefore this solution was rejected. A final 2-factor solution, without item 13, had a cumulative explained variance of 50.03%. All communalities were satisfactory (>0.3), and alpha values for both first factor (items 1-6, 11) and second factor (items 7-10, 12) were found to be acceptable. Principal component analysis with varimax rotation suggested a final 2-factor solution for the mP- CAT explaining 46.15% of the total variance with communalities ranging from 0.263 to 0.712. Cronbach's α for both factors was found to be acceptable (>0.7). This study suggests a 2-factor structure for the P- CAT and an exclusion of item 13. The results indicated that the modified noncontext-specific version, mP- CAT, seems to be a valid measure. Further psychometric testing of the mP- CAT is however needed in order to establish the instrument's validity and reliability in various contexts.
- Subjects
SWEDEN; PSYCHOMETRICS; STATISTICAL correlation; FACTOR analysis; RESEARCH methodology; MEDICAL personnel; PRIMARY health care; PROBABILITY theory; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESEARCH evaluation; RESEARCH funding; SCALE analysis (Psychology); STATISTICS; SURVEYS; DATA analysis; STATISTICAL reliability; EDUCATIONAL attainment; MULTITRAIT multimethod techniques; PATIENT-centered care; RESEARCH methodology evaluation; DATA analysis software; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; INTRACLASS correlation
- Publication
Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences, 2017, Vol 31, Issue 3, p527
- ISSN
0283-9318
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/scs.12366