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D Irvine1, L L O'Brien-Pallas, M Murray, R Cockerill, S Sidani, B Laurie-Shaw, J Lochhaas-Gerlach.
Abstract
The reliability, validity, and sensitivity of the Medical Outcome Study Short Form (SF-36) and the Quality of Life Profile: Senior Version (QOLPSV) for measuring outcomes of home care nursing were evaluated. Data were collected from 50 clients receiving home care nursing services. Twenty-two registered nurses and six registered practical nurses collected client and nursing data on each home visit. Client baseline and outcome measures were collected by two independent evaluators at admission and discharge from the home care service. Internal consistency reliability ranged from.76 to.94 for the eight subscales of the SF-36. Internal consistency reliability ranged from.47 to.82 for the nine subscales of the QOLPSV. The subscales of both instruments had minimal problems with missing responses. The SF-36 was found to be more sensitive than the QOLPSV to change over time. In addition, the subscales of the SF-36 were found to be more sensitive than the subscales of the QOLPSV to several of the nursing variables, such as intensity of the client's nursing condition and skill mix. Copyright 2000 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.Mesh：
Year: 2000 PMID： 10686572 DOI： 10.1002/(sici)1098-240x(200002)23:1<43::aid-nur6>3.0.co;2-k
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Res Nurs Health ISSN： 0160-6891 Impact factor: 2.228