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Reliability and validity of the EASYCare-2010 Standard to assess elderly people in Portuguese Primary Health Care
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Brandão, Maria Piedade, Martins, Laura, Philp, Ian and Cardoso, Margarida Fonseca (2017) Reliability and validity of the EASYCare-2010 Standard to assess elderly people in Portuguese Primary Health Care. Atencion primaria, 49 (10). pp. 576-585. doi:10.1016/j.aprim.2016.11.016 ISSN 1578-1275.
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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aprim.2016.11.016
Abstract
Introduction:
The EASYCare is a multidimensional assessment tool for older people, which corresponds to the concerns and priorities of older people in relation to their needs, health, and quality of life. The EASYCare instrument has been used in many countries worldwide. Lack of reliability evidence has recently been raised by researchers. This study aimed to test the validity and reliability of the EASYCare-2010 instrument in community-dwelling Portuguese older people attended in Primary Health Care centres.
Methods:
The sample for this transversal study (N=244) was collected from Portuguese Primary Health Care Centers. Categorical Principal Component Analysis was used to assess the underlying dimensions of EASYCare-2010. Construct validity was evaluated through correlation with the World Health Organization Quality of Life Assessment Instrument-Short Form.
Results:
A two-factor model (labelled "mobility and activities of daily life", and "general well-being and safety") was found. The EASYCare-2010 instrument showed acceptable levels for internal consistency (≥0.70). The EASYCare-2010 factors were correlated with measures of quality of life. Results showed that in most polytomous items, some of the more extreme categories were not considered at all or only by a residual number of participants.
Conclusion:
EASY Care -2010 version is a valid and reliable instrument for holistic assessment of the older people attended in Primary Health Care centres in Portugal. [Abstract copyright: Copyright © 2017 Elsevier España, S.L.U. All rights reserved.]
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||
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Subjects: | R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine | ||||||||
Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Warwick Business School | ||||||||
SWORD Depositor: | Library Publications Router | ||||||||
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Older people -- Health and hygiene, Primary health care -- Portugal -- Evaluation, Geriatrics -- Diagnosis, Older people -- Care | ||||||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Atencion primaria | ||||||||
Publisher: | Elsevier | ||||||||
ISSN: | 1578-1275 | ||||||||
Official Date: | December 2017 | ||||||||
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Volume: | 49 | ||||||||
Number: | 10 | ||||||||
Page Range: | pp. 576-585 | ||||||||
DOI: | 10.1016/j.aprim.2016.11.016 | ||||||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||||||
Reuse Statement (publisher, data, author rights): | ** From PubMed via Jisc Publications Router. ** History: ** received: 04-08-2016 ** revised: 19-09-2016 ** accepted: 02-11-2016 | ||||||||
Access rights to Published version: | Open Access (Creative Commons) | ||||||||
Date of first compliant deposit: | 20 September 2018 | ||||||||
Date of first compliant Open Access: | 21 September 2018 |
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