Validation of the Readiness for End-of-Life Conversations (REOLC) scale in a German hospital setting.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

For every health behavior, readiness to engage is a necessary and crucial foundation for following conversations, interventions or behavior changes. The present study aims to support a one-factor structure for the Readiness for End-of-Life Conversations (REOLC) scale (Berlin et al., 2021) in a population of cancer patients (N = 295).

Methods

For validation purposes, data of patients participating in a screening development study at a university clinic was used. Model adequacy was analyzed with structural equation modelling and controlled for with goodness of fit indices: χ²-test, SRMR, rRMSEA. Discriminant and convergent validity were assessed with correlations of REOLC and psychological or health behavior measures.

Results

Factor structure

SUBMITTER: Berlin P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10194301 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature