Psychometric Properties of the Elderly Nursing Core Set

• Autor(a) principal: Fonseca, C.
• Data de Publicação: 2019
• Outros Autores: Lopes, M., Mendes, D., Parreira, P., Mónico, L., Marques, M.C.
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
• Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/10174/34051; https://doi.org/Fonseca, C., Lopes, M., Mendes, D., Parreira, P., Mónico, L., Marques, C. (2019). Psychometric Properties of the Elderly Nursing Core Set. In: García-Alonso, J., Fonseca, C. (eds) Gerontechnology. IWoG 2018. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 1016. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-16028-9_13; https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-16028-9_13
• topic: Ageing; International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health

Aim: To assess the psychometric properties of the Elderly Nursing Core Set. Methods: Cross-sectional descriptive study; convenience sample composed of 427 individuals aged 65 years old or older. Results: Factor analysis of principal components allowed extracting 4 concepts, i.e., Self-Care, Learning and Mental Functions, Communication, and Relationship with Friends and Caregivers, which explained 82.25% of the total variance. Varimax rotation indicated a very good measure of sampling adequacy (KMO = 0.947), with Bartlett’s test of sphericity (X2(300) = 11131.28, p < 0.001) and an excellent Cronbach’s alpha value of 0.963. Conclusion: The Elderly Nursing Core Set exhibits excellent psychometric properties, i.e., consistency, reliability, and internal validity, for which reason it is recommended as a means of determining the nursing care needs of individuals aged 65 years old or older and assessing the outcomes of nursing interventions targeting that population.