Palliative Care for Advanced Dementia, Beatitudes Campus, Phoenix, Arizona, AZ 85044, USA.
Am J Alzheimers Dis Other Demen. 2012 Nov;27(7):537-43. doi: 10.1177/1533317512459793. Epub 2012 Sep 20.
The Questionnaire on Palliative Care for Advanced Dementia (qPAD) is a 2-part instrument that measures long-term care staff knowledge, and beliefs, perceptions, and attitudes about palliative and end-of-life care for persons with advanced dementia. Factor analyses of the Knowledge Test (coefficient α = .81) produced 3 factors: Anticipating Needs, Preventing Negative Outcomes, and Insight and Intuition (coefficient α = .75, .73, and .58, respectively), explaining 67% of the total variance. Factor analyses of the Attitude Scale (coefficient α = .83) produced 3 factors: Job Satisfaction, Perceptions and Beliefs, and Work Setting Support of Families (coefficient α = .90, .64, and .67, respectively), explaining 68% of the total variance. These initial findings hold promise for an instrument that measures both knowledge and attitudes of long-term care staff in the care of persons with advanced dementia.
晚期痴呆症姑息治疗问卷 (qPAD) 是一个由两部分组成的工具，用于衡量长期护理人员对晚期痴呆症患者姑息治疗和临终关怀的知识、信念、认知和态度。知识测试的因素分析（系数α=0.81）产生了 3 个因素：预测需求、预防负面结果和洞察力与直觉（系数α分别为 0.75、0.73 和 0.58），解释了总方差的 67%。态度量表的因素分析（系数α=0.83）产生了 3 个因素：工作满意度、认知和信念以及家庭工作环境支持（系数α分别为 0.90、0.64 和 0.67），解释了总方差的 68%。这些初步发现为衡量长期护理人员在照顾晚期痴呆症患者方面的知识和态度的工具提供了希望。
