Affiliation:
1. Ningbo College of Health Sciences
2. The affiliated people’s hospital of Ningbo University
Abstract
Abstract
Background
Oropharyngeal dysphagiaare was important for older adults in the West, but they have not received enough attention from China. This study evaluated the psychometric properties of a oropharyngeal dysphagia evaluation instrument for older Chinese adults .
Methods
A total of 600 older adults were recruited from five nursing homes in one city to complete a 25-item scale. The reliability and validity of the scale was evaluated using multiple assessments, including a content validity assessment, Cronbach’s alpha, an item-to-total correlation test, and exploratory factor analysis.
Results
The scale was divided into three sub-sections:physical(items 1p–9p), functional (items 1f–9f), emotional(items 1e–7e). Cronbach’s alpha was 0.97 for the whole scale and ranged from 0.89 to 0.94 for the four sub-scales. The item-to-total correlation coefficients for the four sub-scales were between 0.63 and 0.92, and the test-retest correlation coefficient was 0.87.
Conclusions
Our results validated the reliability and validity of a scale designed to measure the quality of long-term care services for older Chinese adults with dementia.
Publisher
Research Square Platform LLC