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- Title
Development of an Instrument Measuring Family Care.
- Authors
Ervin, Naomi E.; Chen, Shu-Pi C.
- Abstract
This study developed and evaluated an instrument to measure the quality of care given by family members to a patient in the home. The Family Care Measure consisted of 11 items, each of which was rated on a visual analogue scale. Fifteen registered nurses rated the care given by families of 72 eligible patients for whom the nurses had provided nursing care. Estimation of the reliability resulted in a high internal consistency. With deletion of five items from the measure, the internal consistency reliability resulted in a Cronbach's alpha coefficient of .93. The six-item instrument correlated moderately, as predicted, with a scale of family coping (r = .76). With acceptable reliability and evidence of construct validity, this measure may be used in research studies, but further testing to assess its usefulness in clinical situations is recommended.
- Subjects
HOME nursing; HOME care services; NURSING; NURSES; FAMILIES
- Publication
Journal of Nursing Measurement, 2005, Vol 13, Issue 1, p39
- ISSN
1061-3749
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1891/jnum.2005.13.1.39