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Adaptation and psychometric testing of the end-of-life professional caregiver survey in Jamaica.
In: BMC Health Services Research, Jg. 23 (2023-05-16), Heft 1, S. 1-12
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Background: Using a validated instrument to measure palliative care (PC) educational needs of health professionals is an important step in understanding how best to educate a well-versed PC workforce within a national health system. The End-of-life Professional Caregiver Survey (EPCS) was developed to measure U.S. interprofessional PC educational needs and has been validated for use in Brazil and China. As part of a larger research project, this study aimed to culturally adapt and psychometrically test the EPCS among physicians, nurses, and social workers practicing in Jamaica. Methods: Face validation involved expert review of the EPCS with recommendations for linguistic item modifications. Content validation was carried out by six Jamaica-based experts who completed a formal content validity index (CVI) for each EPCS item to ascertain relevancy. Health professionals practicing in Jamaica (n = 180) were recruited using convenience and snowball sampling to complete the updated 25-item EPCS (EPCS-J). Internal consistency reliability was assessed using Cronbach’s coefficient and McDonald’s . Construct validity was examined through confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) and exploratory factor analysis (EFA). Results: Content validation led to elimination of three EPCS items based on a CVI < 0.78. Cronbach’s ranged from 0.83 to 0.91 and McDonald’s ranged from 0.73 to 0.85 across EPCS-J subscales indicating good internal consistency reliability. The corrected item-total correlation for each EPCS-J item was > 0.30 suggesting good reliability. The CFA demonstrated a three-factor model with acceptable fit indices (RMSEA = 0.08, CFI = 0.88, SRMR = 0.06). The EFA determined a three-factor model had the best model fit, with four items moved into the effective patient care subscale from the other two EPCS-J subscales based on factor loading. Conclusions: The psychometric properties of the EPCS-J resulted in acceptable levels of reliability and validity indicating that this instrument is suitable for use in measuring interprofessional PC educational needs in Jamaica. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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Adaptation and psychometric testing of the end-of-life professional caregiver survey in Jamaica.
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Autor/in / Beteiligte Person: | Edwards, Rebecca L. ; Bakitas, Marie ; Li, Peng ; Spence, Dingle ; Kahwa, Eulalia ; Stoltenberg, Mark ; Ivankova, Nataliya V. ; Thomas, Kaesha ; Segree, Kammar ; Kodilinye, Syed Matthew ; Markaki, Adelais |
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Zeitschrift: | BMC Health Services Research, Jg. 23 (2023-05-16), Heft 1, S. 1-12 |
Veröffentlichung: | 2023 |
Medientyp: | academicJournal |
ISSN: | 1472-6963 (print) |
DOI: | 10.1186/s12913-023-09497-2 |
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