Robert Pasnak, Willa D Cooke, Charlene Hendricks
Enhancing academic performance by strengthening class-inclusion reasoning
The Journal of psychology
lack conceptual clarity measurement methods led underdeveloped efforts measure experience participation care next kin older people nursing homes sought assess measurement properties items aimed operationalizing participation care next kin applied nursing homes total 37 items operationalizing participation administered via questionnaire 364 next kin older people nursing homes measurement properties tested factor analysis rasch model analysis response rate questionnaire 81 n 260 missing responses per item varied 05 10 37 items found twodimensional 19 deleted based conceptual reasoning rasch model analysis one dimension measured communication trust nine items reliability 087 measured collaboration care nine items reliability 091 items successfully operationalized quantitative continuum lower higher degrees participation found generally fit well rasch model requirements without disordered thresholds differential item functioning total scores could calculated based bifactor subscale structure reliability 092 older people 65 years reported higher degree communication trust bifactor total scores younger people p 005 cases people specific contact person experienced higher degree participation two subscales bifactor total score p 005 three instances psychometric properties revealed satisfactory support use nursing home settings selfreported next kin participation care questionnaire bifactor structure additional research needed evaluate effectiveness scales abilities identify changes intervention kupa project clinical trials number nct02708498