Questionnaire compilation and reliability and validity test on hospice care demand of elderly patients
Zhao Wei
Shen Cuizhen
Jiang Yanju
Abstract：Objective:To compile an evaluation questionnaire for assessing hospice care demand of elderly patients in China and test the reliability and validity of the questionnaire.Methods:Based on Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs and Social mother theory,the questionnaire item pool was formed through literature researches and the qualitative interviews of 8 elderly patients and 8 family members.The primary drafts were formed through expert consultations,panel discussions,and preliminary investigations.A total of 300 questionnaires were sent to test the reliability and validity,280 valid questionnaires were obtained.Results:There were 7 common factors extracted by exploratory factor analysis in hospice care demand questionnaire for elderly patients,the cumulative contribution rate was 72.845％,which was eventually divided into 7 dimensions and 38 items.The overall retest reliability coefficient of the questionnaire was 0.889,and the total Cronbach's alpha coefficient was 0.923.The content validity index(I-CVI) of each item of the questionnaire was above 0.8.The content validity index(S-CVI) of the questionnaire was 0.947.The correlation between and items and the total score of the questionnaire was 0.375-0.812.The correlation r-value among all dimensions of the questionnaire in this study was 0.177-0.660.the correlation r-value between all dimensions and the total score of the questionnaire was 0.494-0.843.The structure validity was good.Conclusions:The hospice care demand questionnaire for elderly patients had good reliability and validity,and it was suitable for assessing the hospice care demand of elderly patients.
Keywords：elderly patientshospice caredemandreliabilityvalidityevaluation tool
Publication Date：2018-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：6( 1032-1037 )