scholarly journals Measurement of Mealtime Behaviors in Rural Overweight Children: An Exploratory Factor Analysis of the Behavioral Pediatrics Feeding Assessment Scale

2013 ◽  
Vol 39 (3) ◽  
pp. 332-339 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. M. Davis ◽  
K. S. Canter ◽  
C. O. Stough ◽  
M. D. Gillette ◽  
S. Patton
Keyword(s):  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Exploratory Factor Analysis ◽  
Assessment Scale ◽  
Overweight Children ◽  
Behavioral Pediatrics ◽  
Feeding Assessment

scholarly journals Non-technical skills assessment scale in nursing: construction, development and validation

2018 ◽  
Vol 26 (0) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sara Martins Pereira Pires ◽  
Sara Otília Marques Monteiro ◽  
Anabela Maria Sousa Pereira ◽  
Joana Novaes Machado Stocker ◽  
Daniela de Mascarenhas Chaló ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Nursing Education ◽  
Exploratory Factor Analysis ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Technical Skills ◽  
Skills Training ◽  
Assessment Scale ◽  
Skills Assessment ◽  
Response Options ◽  
Technical Skills Assessment

ABSTRACT The introduction of non-technical skills during nursing education is crucial to prepare nurses for the clinical context and increase patient safety. We found no instrument developed for this purpose. Objectives: to construct, develop and validate a non-technical skills assessment scale in nursing. Method: methodological research. Based on the literature review and experience of researchers on non-technical skills in healthcare and the knowledge of the principles of crisis resource management, a list of 63 items with a five-point Likert scale was constructed. The scale was applied to 177 nursing undergraduate students. Descriptive statistics, correlations, internal consistency analysis and exploratory factor analysis were performed to evaluate the psychometric properties of the scale. Results: scale items presented similar values for mean and median. The maximum and the minimum values presented a good distribution amongst all response options. Most items presented a significant and positive relationship. Cronbach alpha presented a good value (0.94), and most correlations were significant and positive. Exploratory factor analysis using the Kaiser-Meyer-Olkin test showed a value of 0.849, and the Bartlett’s test showed adequate sphericity values (χ2=6483.998; p=0.000). One-factor model explained 26% of the total variance. Conclusion: non-technical skills training and its measurement could be included in undergraduate or postgraduate courses in healthcare professions, or even be used to ascertain needs and improvements in healthcare contexts.

scholarly journals 545 - Exploratory factor analysis of the Rowland Universal Dementia Assessment Scale.

2021 ◽  
Vol 33 (S1) ◽  
pp. 87-88
Author(s):  
J. Antonio Garcia-Casal ◽  
Natacha Coelho de Cunha Guimarães ◽  
Sofía Díaz Mosquera ◽  
María Alvarez Ariza ◽  
Raimundo Mateos Álvarez
Keyword(s):  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Construct Validity ◽  
Exploratory Factor Analysis ◽  
Internal Consistency ◽  
Principal Components ◽  
Principal Component ◽  
Assessment Scale ◽  
Cognitive Test ◽  
Five Factors ◽  
Bartlett’S Test

Background:Rowland Universal Dementia Assessment Scale (RUDAS) is a brief cognitive test, appropriate for people with minimum completed level of education and sensitive to multicultural contexts. It could be a good instrument for cognitive impairment (CI) screening in Primary Health Care (PHC). It comprises the following areas: recent memory, body orientation, praxis, executive functions and language.Research Objective:The objective of this study is to assess the construct validity of RUDAS analysing its internal consistency and factorial structure.Method:Internal consistency will be calculated using ordinal Cronbach’s α, which reflects the average inter-item correlation score and, as such, will increase when correlations between the items increase. Exploratory Factor Analysis will be used to arrange the variables in domains using principal components extraction. The factorial analysis will include the extraction of five factors reflecting the neuropsychological areas assessed by the test. The result will be rotated under Varimax procedure to ease interpretation.Exploratory factor analysis will be used to arrange the variables in domains using principal components extraction. The analysis will include Kaiser–Meyer–Olkin measure of sampling adequacy and Bartlett’s test of sphericity. Estimations will be based based on Pearson’s correlations between indicators using a principal component analysis and later replicated with a tetrachoric correlation matrix. The variance in the tetrachoric model will be analysed to indentify convergent iterations and their explicative power.Preliminary results of the ongoing study:RUDAS is being administered to 321 participants older than 65 years, from seven PHC physicians’ consultations in O Grove Health Center. The data collection will be finished by August 2021 and in this poster we will present the final results of the exploratory factor analysis.Conclusions:We expect that the results of the exploratory factor analysis will replicate the results of previous studies of construct validity of the test in which explanatory factor weights were between 0.57 and 0.82, and all were above 40%. Confirming that RUDAS has a strong factor construct with high factor weights and variance ratio, and 6-item model is appropriate for measurement will support its recommendation as a valid screening instrument for PHC.

scholarly journals Minho Communication Assessment Scale: Development and Validation

2020 ◽  
Vol 33 (5) ◽  
pp. 326
Author(s):  
Mónica Gonçalves ◽  
Nuno Gonçalves ◽  
Marina Mendonça-Gonçalves ◽  
Ana-Luísa Sousa ◽  
Pedro Morgado ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Confirmatory Factor Analysis ◽  
Psychometric Properties ◽  
Exploratory Factor Analysis ◽  
Communication Skills ◽  
Standardized Patients ◽  
Faculty Members ◽  
Assessment Scale ◽  
Communication Assessment ◽  
Confirmatory Factor

Introduction: Verbal and non-verbal communication skills are core competencies in medical practice and should be acquired and monitored in medical schools. However, their assessment poses a challenge. The aim of this study is to develop and assess the psychometric properties, validity and reliability of a communication assessment scale.Material and Methods: We developed a communication assessment scale, composed by five dimensions (Structure, Way of Questioning, Behavior and Posture, Clarity of information and Emotional dimension). Two focus groups and a development group, composed by faculty members and standardized patients experienced in assessment, were responsible for creating the scale.Results: The communication assessment scale was tested on 332 students from the 3rd and 6th year of medical school, with a total of 2754 assessments, performed by faculty members and standardized patients. A descriptive analysis, an exploratory factor analysis, a confirmatory factor analysis and a Cronbach’s alpha analysis to establish internal reliability were conducted.Discussion: The Minho Communication Assessment Scale can be effectively used by both faculty members and standardized patients, providing correct students assessment and relevant feedback to the students. The final Minho Communication Assessment Scale has a total of 19 items, being simple and intuitive to use. The exploratory factor analysis and confirmatory factor analysis results were satisfactory. Cronbach’s alpha value revealed high internal consistency of Minho Communication Assessment Scale.Conclusion: The final Minho Communication Assessment Scale proved to be simple to use and to have very good psychometric properties. Our results show that the Minho Communication Assessment Scale is a valid scale to assess communication skills which can be accurately replicated on objective structured clinical examinations focusing on communication.

Behavioral Pediatrics Feeding Assessment Scale--Greek Version

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katerina Sdravou ◽  
Athanasios Evangeliou ◽  
Kyriaki Tentzidou ◽  
Fotini Sotiriadou ◽  
Eleanna Stasinou ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Assessment Scale ◽  
Greek Version ◽  
Behavioral Pediatrics ◽  
Feeding Assessment

Measuring Impact of Stress in Sandwich Generation Caring for Demented Parents

GeroPsych ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 27 (4) ◽  
pp. 171-179 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laurence M. Solberg ◽  
Lauren B. Solberg ◽  
Emily N. Peterson
Keyword(s):  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Exploratory Factor Analysis ◽  
Social Worker ◽  
Resource Availability ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Sandwich Generation ◽  
Item Questionnaire ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Adult Caregivers ◽  
The Impact

Stress in caregivers may affect the healthcare recipients receive. We examined the impact of stress experienced by 45 adult caregivers of their elderly demented parents. The participants completed a 32-item questionnaire about the impact of experienced stress. The questionnaire also asked about interventions that might help to reduce the impact of stress. After exploratory factor analysis, we reduced the 32-item questionnaire to 13 items. Results indicated that caregivers experienced stress, anxiety, and sadness. Also, emotional, but not financial or professional, well-being was significantly impacted. There was no significant difference between the impact of caregiver stress on members from the sandwich generation and those from the nonsandwich generation. Meeting with a social worker for resource availability was identified most frequently as a potentially helpful intervention for coping with the impact of stress.

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