Menne Heather L, Tucke Shandra S, Whitlatch Carol J, Feinberg Lynn Friss
Margaret Blenkner Research Institute, Benjamin Rose Institute, Cleveland, Ohio 44120, USA.
Am J Alzheimers Dis Other Demen. 2008 Feb-Mar;23(1):23-9. doi: 10.1177/1533317507308312.
This report describes the development and preliminary psychometric properties of the Decision-Making Involvement Scale for individuals with dementia and family caregivers. Data were collected from 217 individuals with dementia and their respective caregivers. Principal axis factor analysis, Kendall tau, and Pearson correlations were used to determine the Decision-Making Involvement Scale's psychometric properties, mean differences of caregiver and individual with dementia, and the relationship between scores of Decision-Making Involvement Scale and measures of well-being. Analyses support a reliable, 1-factor solution of the Decision-Making Involvement Scale for both individuals with dementia and caregivers. Socio-demographic, impairment, and well-being variables are differentially related to the perceptions of how involved the individual with dementia is in decision making. The Decision-Making Involvement Scale provides useful information about daily decision making of an individual with dementia, and it shows promise as a means for understanding the relationship between decision-making involvement and well-being of individuals with dementia and caregivers.
本报告描述了痴呆症患者及其家庭照顾者决策参与量表的编制过程及初步心理测量特性。数据收集自217名痴呆症患者及其各自的照顾者。采用主轴因子分析、肯德尔tau系数和皮尔逊相关分析来确定决策参与量表的心理测量特性、照顾者与痴呆症患者的均值差异,以及决策参与量表得分与幸福感指标之间的关系。分析结果支持了痴呆症患者及其照顾者的决策参与量表的一个可靠的单因素解决方案。社会人口统计学、损伤和幸福感变量与痴呆症患者参与决策的认知存在不同程度的关联。决策参与量表为痴呆症患者的日常决策提供了有用信息,并且有望成为理解痴呆症患者及其照顾者决策参与度与幸福感之间关系的一种手段。