Behice Erci1, Hilal Yildirim2, Kevser Isik3. 1. Department of Public Health Nursing, The Faculty of Nursing, Inonu University, Malatya, 44280, Turkey. Electronic address: behice.erci@inonu.edu.tr. 2. Department of Public Health Nursing, The Faculty of Nursing, Inonu University, Malatya, 44280, Turkey. Electronic address: firat.hilal@inonu.edu.tr. 3. Department of Public Health Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences, KSÜ, Kahramanmaraş, Turkey. Electronic address: kevser_isik@hotmail.com.
Abstract
OBJECTIVES: This methodological study was conducted to psychometrically evaluate the Patient Perspective on Care and Rehabilitation Scale in geriatric patients. METHODS: This study was conducted with 209 elderly individuals aged 65 years or older who were hospitalized in a hospital in Turkey between March and September 2017. The data were collected by using the Elderly Information Questionnaire prepared by the researcher and the Turkish version of the Patient Perspective on Care and Rehabilitation Scale. Cronbach's Alpha and item-total correlation for the internal consistency, reliability and intraclass correlation coefficients for the test-retest reliability, and Bartlett's test and Kaiser-Meyer-Olkin (KMO) were used for the validity of the scale. RESULTS: that the result of the KMO test was significant at .87, and the result of the Bartlett's test was significant on the level of p: .001. The Cronbach's Alpha value was found as 0.89 for the overall PaPeR scale and between .84 and .87 for the subscales of PaPeR. In factor analysis, the eigenvalue was above 1, the scale covered 2 factors and accounted for 53.7% of the total variance. CONCLUSION: The validity and reliability analysis conducted in this study provided evidence for the acceptability of the scale. The Turkish version of the scale is easy to understand and allows evaluation of patient perspectives on quality of care and rehabilitation in geriatric patients. It is recommended to reach larger populations and apply the scale in different regions.
OBJECTIVES: This methodological study was conducted to psychometrically evaluate the Patient Perspective on Care and Rehabilitation Scale in geriatric patients. METHODS: This study was conducted with 209 elderly individuals aged 65 years or older who were hospitalized in a hospital in Turkey between March and September 2017. The data were collected by using the Elderly Information Questionnaire prepared by the researcher and the Turkish version of the Patient Perspective on Care and Rehabilitation Scale. Cronbach's Alpha and item-total correlation for the internal consistency, reliability and intraclass correlation coefficients for the test-retest reliability, and Bartlett's test and Kaiser-Meyer-Olkin (KMO) were used for the validity of the scale. RESULTS: that the result of the KMO test was significant at .87, and the result of the Bartlett's test was significant on the level of p: .001. The Cronbach's Alpha value was found as 0.89 for the overall PaPeR scale and between .84 and .87 for the subscales of PaPeR. In factor analysis, the eigenvalue was above 1, the scale covered 2 factors and accounted for 53.7% of the total variance. CONCLUSION: The validity and reliability analysis conducted in this study provided evidence for the acceptability of the scale. The Turkish version of the scale is easy to understand and allows evaluation of patient perspectives on quality of care and rehabilitation in geriatric patients. It is recommended to reach larger populations and apply the scale in different regions.