Research Group Healthy Ageing, Allied Health Care and Nursing, Hanze University of Applied Sciences, P.O. Box 3109, 9701 DC Groningen, The Netherlands; Department of Health Psychology, University of Groningen, University Medical Center, A. Deusinglaan 1, 9713AV Groningen, The Netherlands; Research Group Nursing Diagnostics, Hanze University of Applied Sciences, P.O. Box 3109, 9701 DC Groningen, The Netherlands.
Research Group Nursing Diagnostics, Hanze University of Applied Sciences, P.O. Box 3109, 9701 DC Groningen, The Netherlands.
Geriatr Nurs. 2019 Sep-Oct;40(5):463-472. doi: 10.1016/j.gerinurse.2019.02.003. Epub 2019 Mar 11.
Measuring family caregivers' experiences of collaboration with nurses is important in the context of health care reforms that advocate an increased role of families in care. The Family Collaboration Scale (FCS) measures collaboration between nurses and family caregivers, however, the scale has a broad scope. Thus, the aim of this study was to construct a measure that is focused on collaboration only. After revision, a 25-item version of the FCS was sent to 777 family caregivers of hospitalized patients (≥70 years). Psychometric evaluation was employed by the Non-Parametric Item Response Theory to evaluate how items of the revised FCS behave. In total, 302 (39%) family caregivers were found eligible, mean (SD) age 65 (13) and 71% female. A 20-item FCS is proposed showing good psychometric properties. This study contributes to the limited knowledge of measuring collaboration between family caregivers and nurses.
测量家庭照顾者与护士合作的体验在医疗改革背景下非常重要，因为医疗改革提倡家庭在护理中发挥更大的作用。家庭合作量表（FCS）用于测量护士和家庭照顾者之间的合作，但该量表的范围很广。因此，本研究的目的是构建一个仅关注合作的测量工具。修订后，FCS 的 25 项版本发送给了 777 名住院患者（≥70 岁）的家庭照顾者。非参数项目反应理论的心理测量评估用于评估修订后的 FCS 项目的表现。共有 302 名（39%）家庭照顾者符合条件，平均（SD）年龄为 65（13）岁，71%为女性。提出了一个 20 项的 FCS，显示出良好的心理测量特性。本研究为衡量家庭照顾者与护士之间的合作关系提供了有限的知识。
