1. Validation to Spanish of the Caring Assessment Tool (CAT-V).
- Author
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Ayuso RMF, Velázquez JMM, Ayuso DF, and Torre-Montero JC
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- Adolescent, Adult, Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Cultural Characteristics, Female, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Patient Satisfaction, Psychometrics, Self Report, Spain, Translations, Young Adult, Patient Outcome Assessment
- Abstract
Objective: to translate and validate to Spanish the Caring Assessment Scale tool, CAT-V, by Joanne Duffy, within the framework of Jean Watson; as a secondary objective, it is proposed to evaluate its psychometric properties. There are tools designed to measure the patient's perception of provided cares, including CAT-V, the subject of our interest, in a way that it can be used in Spanish-speaking patients., Methods: to meet the objectives, it was performed sequential translation and retro-translation of the scale to be validated, through a standardized procedure. The final version of that scale was validated in a sample of 349 patients from four public and two private hospitals in Madrid, Spain., Results: The instrument was translated and validated with high internal consistency (Cronbach's alpha .953). The subsequent factor analysis revealed a three-factor structure, not coincident with the data from the US population., Conclusion: it is considered that the translation of CAT-V is a suitable instrument to be used in the evaluation of patient care in Ibero-american health centers whose language is Spanish.
- Published
- 2017
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