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Jotheeswaran, A. T., Dias, Amit, Philp, Ian, Patel, Vikram and Prince, Martin (2016) Calibrating EASY-Care independence scale to improve accuracy. Age and Ageing, 45 (6). pp. 890-893. doi:10.1093/ageing/afw106 ISSN 0002-0729.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ageing/afw106
Abstract
Background there is currently limited support for the reliability and validity of the EASY-Care independence scale, with little work carried out in low- or middle-income countries. Therefore, we assessed the internal construct validity and hierarchical and classical scaling properties among frail dependent older people in the community.
Objective we assessed the internal construct validity and hierarchical and classical scaling properties among frail dependent older people in the community.
Methods three primary care physicians administered EASY-Care comprehensive geriatric assessment for 150 frail and/or dependent older people in the primary care setting. A Mokken model was applied to investigate hierarchical scaling properties of EASY-Care independence scale, and internal consistency (Cronbach's alpha) of the scale was also examined.
Results we found that EASY-Care independence scale is highly internally consistent and is a strong hierarchical scale, hence providing strong evidence for unidimensionality. However, two items in the scale (unable to use telephone and manage finances) had much lower item Loevinger H coefficients than others. Exclusion of these two items improved the overall internal consistency of the scale.
Conclusions the strong performance of the EASY-Care independence scale among community-dwelling frail older people is encouraging. This study confirms that EASY-Care independence scale is highly internally consistent and a strong hierarchical scale.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||||
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Subjects: | R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine | ||||||||||
Divisions: | Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Medicine > Warwick Medical School > Health Sciences Faculty of Social Sciences > Warwick Business School Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Medicine > Warwick Medical School |
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Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Frail elderly -- Care -- Goa (India : State) , Frail elderly -- Medical care, Home care services -- Administration, Geriatrics, Older people | ||||||||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Age and Ageing | ||||||||||
Publisher: | Oxford University Press | ||||||||||
ISSN: | 0002-0729 | ||||||||||
Official Date: | November 2016 | ||||||||||
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Volume: | 45 | ||||||||||
Number: | 6 | ||||||||||
Page Range: | pp. 890-893 | ||||||||||
DOI: | 10.1093/ageing/afw106 | ||||||||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||||||||
Access rights to Published version: | Open Access (Creative Commons) | ||||||||||
Funder: | Wellcome Trust (London, England) |
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