Measuring next of kin´s experience of participation in the care of older people in nursing homes

SND-ID: snd1135-1. Version: 1.0. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5878/8mj1-3y24

Citation

Creator/Principal investigator(s)

Albert Westergren - Kristianstad University

Lund University, Department of Health Sciences

Research principal

Kristianstad University - Faculty of Health Science rorId

Description

We sought to assess the measurement properties of items aimed at operationalizing participation in care by next of kin, applied in nursing homes.

Data file 1: SPSS file (.sav) with sex, age category, contact person, 37 items aimed to capture participationin care.
Data file 2: Excel (.xlsx) transformation tables from raw total scores, to linear logits, to linearised total scors with the same range as the original scores.
Data file 3: File (.rum) for Rasch model analysis, prepared for RUMM2030.

Language

Method and outcome

Unit of analysis

Population

next of kin of older people in nursing homes

Study design

Cross-sectional study

Description of study design

Cross-sectional study, questionnaire, psychometric analysis, Rasch analysis

Sampling procedure

Other
Consecutive

Variables

40

Number of individuals/objects

260

Data format / data structure

Data collection
Geographic coverage

Geographic spread

Geographic location: Scania Province

Administrative information

Responsible department/unit

Faculty of Health Science

Contributor(s)

Lund University, Department of Health Sciences

Ethics Review

Lund - Ref. 2015/69

Topic and keywords

Research area

Medical and health sciences (Standard för svensk indelning av forskningsämnen 2011)

Publications
Published: 2020-01-02
Last updated: 2020-01-17