The Swedish P-CAT: modification and exploration of psychometric properties of two different versions
2017 (English)In: Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences, ISSN 0283-9318, E-ISSN 1471-6712, Vol. 31, no 3, p. 527-535Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]
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. © 2017 Nordic College of Caring Science
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Chichester: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Inc., 2017. Vol. 31, no 3, p. 527-535
Keywords [en]
geriatric nursing, home care services, person-centred care, primary health care, validations studies
National Category
Nursing
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:hh:diva-40897DOI: 10.1111/scs.12366ISI: 000412401200011PubMedID: 27501454Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-84994644477OAI: oai:DiVA.org:hh-40897DiVA, id: diva2:1369588
Funder
Vårdal Foundation2019-11-122019-11-122019-11-27Bibliographically approved