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The Inventory of Quality in Early Intervention Centres for Service Providers: Preliminary Validating Study in a Spanish Sample
- Source :
- International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Vol 17, Iss 2581, p 2581 (2020), International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Volume 17, Issue 7
- Publication Year :
- 2020
- Publisher :
- MDPI AG, 2020.
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Abstract
- Evaluating the service quality in early intervention (EI) from the perspective of professionals with knowledge in this area is essential for the improvement of EI centres. In this study, we aimed to test the reliability and validity of the adapted Inventory of Quality in Early Intervention Centres-P (IQEIC-P) in a sample of professionals who worked in EI centres. Three hundred and twenty-four professionals of 85 EI Spanish centres were recruited for this research. Various psychometric analyses were used to evaluate the factorial structure, the internal consistency, factorial validity and construct validity. A 5-dimension structure was obtained in the exploratory factor analysis (EFA). The results showed an adequate internal consistency (Cronbach&rsquo<br />s alpha values between 0.71 and 0.83, and composite reliability (CR) values higher than 0.70), as well as satisfactory convergent and discriminant validity (average variance extracted (AVE) values above 0.50). In the confirmatory factor analysis, good model fit indicators were observed. The IQEIC-P showed adequate psychometric properties, demonstrating to be a valid instrument for the evaluation of service quality in EI centres from the perspective of professionals. The benefits will influence the professionals themselves, and they will have a positive and direct impact on the families that are attended to in these centres.
- Subjects :
- Adult
Male
validity
factorial structure
Psychometrics
Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis
Applied psychology
education
lcsh:Medicine
service quality
Article
Cronbach's alpha
Surveys and Questionnaires
0502 economics and business
Humans
0501 psychology and cognitive sciences
Reliability (statistics)
health care economics and organizations
Quality of Health Care
05 social sciences
lcsh:R
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Discriminant validity
Construct validity
Reproducibility of Results
Service provider
Middle Aged
Exploratory factor analysis
Confirmatory factor analysis
Test (assessment)
early intervention
050211 marketing
Female
Psychology
Factor Analysis, Statistical
Delivery of Health Care
service providers
050104 developmental & child psychology
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 16617827 and 16604601
- Volume :
- 17
- Issue :
- 2581
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....ef1ceadd9bc91bec3469149bf58da499