Measuring Dementia Knowledge in German: Validation and Comparison of the Dementia Knowledge Assessment Scale, the Knowledge in Dementia Scale, and the Dementia Knowledge Assessment Tool 2.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Assessing dementia knowledge is critical for developing and improving effective interventions. There are many different tools to assess dementia knowledge, but only one has been validated in German so far.

Objective

To validate two tools for assessing dementia knowledge - the Dementia Knowledge Assessment Scale (DKAS-D) and the Knowledge in Dementia Scale (KIDE-D) for the German general population - and compare their psychometric properties with the Dementia Knowledge Assessment Tool 2 (DKAT2-D).

Methods

A convenience sample of 272 participants completed online surveys. Analyses included internal consistency, structural validity, construct validity through the known-groups method, retest-reliability with a subgroup of n = 88, and floor and ceiling effects.

SUBMITTER: Melchior F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10357161 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature