Objective To develop an aged care aptitude assessment scale and to test its reliability and validity.Methods Based on the family caregivers care aptitude model,self-management theory and holistic nursing model,and with reference to the national standard of"specification for ability assessment of older adults",the first draft of the scale was formed through review of literature,semi-structured interviews,expert inquiry and pre-survey.From April to August 2023,675 aged caregivers in several communities in 9 provinces including Hubei,Guangdong etc.were investigated to test the reliability and validity of the scale.Results The aged care aptitude assessment scale included 3 dimensions and 33 items.The overall Cronbach's α coefficient of the scale was 0.99;the split-half reliability was 0.92;the two-week test-retest reliability was 0.84;the overall content validity index of the scale was 0.94;the content validity index of each item was 0.83-1.00;exploratory factor analysis extracted 3 common factors;the cumulative variance contribution rate was 85.88%;confirmatory factor analysis were x2/df=1.260、IFI=0.993、TLI=0.995、CFI=0.994、RMR=0.047、RMSEA=0.074.Conclusion The aged care aptitude assessment scale has good reliability and validity,and it can be used as an assessment tool to measure the level of aged care aptitude for the aged.
关键词
老老照护/老年人/照护能力/照护者/德尔菲技术/信度/效度/量表
Key words
The Aged Care for the Aged/Aged/Care Aptitude/Caregiver/Delphi Technology/Reliability/Validity/Scale