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Item distribution, internal consistency, and structural validity of the German version of the DEMQOL and DEMQOL–proxy
- Source :
- BMC Geriatrics, Vol 18, Iss 1, Pp 1-13 (2018), BMC geriatrics 18(1), 247 (2018). doi:10.1186/s12877-018-0930-0, BMC Geriatrics
- Publication Year :
- 2018
- Publisher :
- BMC, 2018.
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Abstract
- Background Accurate assessment of health-related quality of life as an endpoint in intervention studies is a major challenge in dementia research. The DEMQOL (29 items) and the proxy version (32 items), which is partly based on the DEMQOL, are internationally used instruments. To date, there is no information on the structural validity, item distribution, or internal consistency for the German language version of these questionnaires. Methods This psychometric study is based on a secondary data analysis of a sample of 201 outpatients with a mild form of Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and their informal caregivers. The informal caregivers who were interviewed were involved in the care of the person with AD several times per week. The analysis for the evaluation of the structural validity was performed using Mokken scale analysis. The internal consistency was calculated using the ρ of the Molenaar Sijtsma statistic and Cronbach’s α. Results For both versions, four subscales were identified: [A] “positive emotions”, [B] “negative emotions”, [C] “physical and cognitive functioning”, and [D] “daily activities and social relationships”. For both instruments, the internal consistency of all subscales was considered “good” (ρ = 0.71–0.88, α = 0.72–0.87). Conclusions The results are a first indication of good construct validity of the instruments used for the German setting. We recommend further investigations of the test-retest reliability and the inter-rater reliability of the proxy instrument. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (10.1186/s12877-018-0930-0) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
- Subjects :
- Male
psychology [Alzheimer Disease]
Activities of daily living
Mokken scale
lcsh:Geriatrics
Proxy (climate)
Cognition
0302 clinical medicine
Structural validity
Germany
Surveys and Questionnaires
Medicine
030212 general & internal medicine
Statistic
Language
Aged, 80 and over
030503 health policy & services
diagnosis [Alzheimer Disease]
physiology [Cognition]
psychology [Advance Directives]
Middle Aged
Caregivers
Female
Advance Directives
0305 other medical science
Research Article
Clinical psychology
psychology [Caregivers]
Quality of life
epidemiology [Germany]
03 medical and health sciences
Cronbach's alpha
Alzheimer Disease
psychology [Quality of Life]
Humans
standards [Surveys and Questionnaires]
ddc:610
Cognitive skill
Aged
business.industry
Reproducibility of Results
Construct validity
Secondary data
Proxy
Internal consistency
lcsh:RC952-954.6
Dementia
standards [Caregivers]
Geriatrics and Gerontology
business
Follow-Up Studies
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 14712318
- Volume :
- 18
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- BMC Geriatrics
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....ed250faf7e482485d2054587775845f9