Psychometric Performance of an Assessment Scale for Strain in Nursing Care: The M-NCAS
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- Healthcare Services
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- BioMed Central
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Overview: Multiple instruments exist to measure dementia behaviors, but the nursing staff perspective on those behaviors and their level of burden has not been well measured. The goal of this study was to examine the psychometric performance of the Modified Nursing Care Assessment Scale (M-NCAS), a 28-item nurse rating of burden associated with care for institutionalized individuals with dementia. The paper concludes that the M-NCAS provides a valid and reliable means of obtaining care burden ratings from formal caregivers in long-term care, and provides a method for evaluating dementia interventions from the perspective of nursing staff.
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Format: PDF | Size: 274KB | Date: Nov 2004 | Pages: 10
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