Feeding Assistance Skill Score: development and verification of reliability and validity.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Feeding assistance should be safe and improve the assisted individual's ability to feed, yet objective tools for evaluating these skills are lacking. This study focuses on developing a tool for assessing feeding assistance skills.

Methods

A group consisting of 25 experts employed the Delphi method to achieve a consensus on the essential items necessary for assessing feeding assistance skills. Subsequently, a draft score using a three-point scale was developed. To test the reliability of the draft scores, a group of 20 patients and 20 nurses was matched to record a meal assistance scene, which were independently evaluated by three raters. We computed the AC₁ statistic to assess both intra- and inter-rater reliability, and further examined correlations betwe

SUBMITTER: Nagano A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11614930 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature