Merfat Ayesh Alsubaie
Distance education and the social literacy of elementary school students during the Covid-19 pandemic
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caregiver perceptions communication clinical team members capacity instrument measures care partners perceive supported patients health care team experiences communicating team objective study assess measurement properties ie structural validity construct internal consistency capacity instrument care partners patients cognitive impairment examine whether care partner health literacy patient cognitive impairment associated higher lower capacity score retrospective cohort study total 1746 dyads communitydwelling care partners older adults united states cognitive impairment obtained amyloid positron emission tomography scan capacity instrument comprises 12 items combined total score examined subdomain scores communication team care partner capacityassessment team 2 covariates primary interest regression model health literacy level cognitive impairment patient modified telephone interview cognitive status confirmatory factor analysis showed capacity items fit expected 2factor structure communication capacity higher cognitive functioning patients higher health literacy among care partners associated lower communication domain scores lower capacity domain scores lower overall capacity scores strong psychometric validity capacity measure indicates could utility family caregivers care partner studies assessing quality interactions clinical teams knowing capacity differs care partner health literacy patient impairment level may help health care teams employ tailored strategies achieve highquality care partner interactions