Psychometrics of the “Family-Centred Care Survey – Adult Scale”

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Published: Dec 6, 2012
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5750/ijpcm.v2i4.313
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Adult acute care family-centred care psychometric testing survey

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Marion Mitchell
NHMRC Centre of Research Excellence in Nursing Interventions for Hospitalised Patients, Research Centre for Clinical and Community Practice Innovation Griffith University & Princess Alexandra Hospital, Brisbane
Elizabeth Burmeister
Griffith University, Research Centre for Clinical and Community Practice Innovation & Princess Alexandra Hospital, Brisbane
Wendy Chaboyer
NHMRC Centre of Research Excellence in Nursing Interventions for Hospitalised Patients, Research Centre for Clinical and Community Practice Innovation, Griffith University
Linda Shields
Tropical Health James Cook University and Townsville Hospital Health Service, Townsville and Honorary Professor, Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, The University of Queensland, Brisbane

Abstract

Background: Family-Centred-Care (FCC) is a model of care used in paediatric and, recently, in adult settings. In order to generate evidence on the effect of interventions to improve family centredness a valid and reliable means of measuring FCC is required.     Aim: The aim was to test the psychometric properties of an instrument – the “FCC Survey – Adult Scale”, designed to measure family members’ perception of FCC in an adult acute care setting.Methods: The survey was administered to family members of intensive care patients during their hospital visit. The survey had 20 items divided into 3 sections: Collaboration (9 items); Respect (6 items) and Support (5 items). Exploratory factor analysis was performed using orthogonal rotation. Results: Responses from 160 participants were analysed. The exploratory factor analysis with 3 factors had a total variance of 46.6%. Factor loadings varied from 0.37 to 0.7. The survey’s total Cronbach’s alpha was 0.81 with Factor 1 at 0.68; Factor 2 and 3 were 0.76 and 0.35 respectively.Discussion: The overall tool showed internal consistency. Analysis revealed a variance of less than 50% and a number of loadings were low. Factor 1 and 3 were problematic with low variance, loadings and Cronbach’s. Conclusion: Preliminary psychometric analyses of the data set indicate that the factor analysis does not support the score interpretation of the “FCC Survey - Adult Scale”. The “FCC Survey - Adult Scale” cannot be recommended as a tool to measure the perceptions of FCC in its current form. Further work is required.

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Vol. 2 No. 4 (2012)
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