Psychometric evaluation of a revised Family Collaboration Scale

Ellen I Hagedoorn; Wolter Paans; Tiny Jaarsma; Joost C Keers; Cees P van der Schans; Marie Louise A Luttik; Wim P Krijnen

doi:10.1016/j.gerinurse.2019.02.003

Psychometric evaluation of a revised Family Collaboration Scale

Geriatr Nurs. 2019 Sep-Oct;40(5):463-472. doi: 10.1016/j.gerinurse.2019.02.003. Epub 2019 Mar 11.

Authors

Ellen I Hagedoorn¹, Wolter Paans², Tiny Jaarsma³, Joost C Keers⁴, Cees P van der Schans⁵, Marie Louise A Luttik⁶, Wim P Krijnen⁷

Affiliations

¹ 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. Electronic address: e.i.hagedoorn@pl.hanze.nl.
² Research Group Nursing Diagnostics, Hanze University of Applied Sciences, P.O. Box 3109, 9701 DC Groningen, The Netherlands. Electronic address: w.paans@pl.hanze.nl.
³ Department of Social and Welfare Studies (ISV), Linköping University, SE-581 83 Linköping, Sweden. Electronic address: tiny.jaarsma@liu.se.
⁴ Research Group Healthy Ageing, Allied Health Care and Nursing, Hanze University of Applied Sciences, P.O. Box 3109, 9701 DC Groningen, The Netherlands; Martini Hospital Groningen, The Netherlands. Electronic address: J.Keers@mzh.nl.
⁵ 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; Department of Rehabilitation, University of Groningen, University Medical Center, A. Deusinglaan 1, 9713AV Groningen, The Netherlands. Electronic address: c.p.van.der.schans@pl.hanze.nl.
⁶ Research Group Nursing Diagnostics, Hanze University of Applied Sciences, P.O. Box 3109, 9701 DC Groningen, The Netherlands.
⁷ Research Group Healthy Ageing, Allied Health Care and Nursing, Hanze University of Applied Sciences, P.O. Box 3109, 9701 DC Groningen, The Netherlands; Faculty of Science and Engineering, Johan Bernoulli Institute, University of Groningen, PO Box 72, 9700 AB Groningen, The Netherlands. Electronic address: w.p.krijnen@pl.hanze.nl.

PMID: 30867091
DOI: 10.1016/j.gerinurse.2019.02.003

Abstract

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.

Keywords: Collaboration; Family caregivers; Nurses; Psychometrics; Relations.

MeSH terms

Aged
Caregivers*
Cross-Sectional Studies
Decision Making, Shared*
Female
Humans
Male
Nursing Staff, Hospital*
Psychometrics / statistics & numerical data*
Reproducibility of Results
Surveys and Questionnaires*
Translating