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  • Factor analysis and internal consistency evaluation of the FAMCARE Scale for use in the long-term care setting

  • Keri L. Rodriguez, Nichole K. Bayliss, Emily Jaffe, Susan Zickmund, Mary Ann Sevick
  • Journal:
    Palliative & Supportive Care / Volume 8 / Issue 2 / June 2010
    Published online by Cambridge University Press:
    24 March 2010, pp. 169-176
  • Objective:

    The FAMCARE Scale was originally designed to measure family satisfaction with advanced cancer care. The current study evaluated the instrument's psychometric qualities when used in the long-term care (LTC) setting.

    Method:

    In a prospective cohort study in 2004, the 20-item instrument was administered via telephone to family members of 51 patients receiving LTC in Veterans Affairs facilities. Satisfaction scores on a 5-point Likert scale were used for factor analysis and internal consistency evaluation.

    Results:

    Although 16 patients were in geriatric palliative care and 35 were in nursing home care, scores of their family members did not vary based on care unit. The total satisfaction score was high, with a mean (SD) of 44.7 (11.9) and a Cronbach alpha of 0.94. Inter-item correlations were low for care availability items (range, 0.01–0.59). Two items—availability of a hospital bed and availability of nurses to the family—had low eigenvalues (0.26 and 0.18, respectively) and weak correlations with the total score (0.23 and 0.16, respectively).

    Significance of results:

    In the LTC setting, FAMCARE appears to have good internal consistency, but it may be preferable to exclude the two items with weak correlations and to use a 10-point visual analog scale.

  • Attendance at a psychiatric day centre

  • Gerry Lynch, Margaret McKee, Daniel M Brennan
  • Journal:
    Irish Journal of Psychological Medicine / Volume 11 / Issue 4 / December 1994
    Published online by Cambridge University Press:
    13 June 2014, pp. 180-182
    Print publication:
    December 1994

  • Objective: To examine the service utilisation of a newly opened psychiatric day centre. We wished to determine if different diagnostic groups had different perspectives of the day centre, and to see if the drop-out rate differed among clients with neurotic or psychotic disorders.

    Method: Demographic and diagnostic data was gathered for all clients referred in the first year of operation of the day centre. Those who defaulted from attendance were visited at home and asked to detail reasons for non-attendance. Those who continued to attend 16 months after the centre opened completed a satisfaction survey.

    Results: The drop-out rate was high for both clients with neurotic and psychotic disorders. Clients who continued to attend were very positive about the day centre. Both client groups saw the benefits of attendance in social rather than therapeutic terms.

    Conclusions: Consumer opinion may have a valuable part to play in overall measure,measurement of service quality, particularly if it includes the opinion of those who no longer use that service.