German version of the engagement of a person with dementia scale: translation and initial application experiences.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Assessment tools for engagement in people with dementia often rely on self-reported measures which restricts their use in people with severe cognitive limitations. The Engagement of a Person with Dementia Scale (EPWDS) is a valid and reliable tool to assess behavioral and emotional expressions and responses of engagement in people with dementia through observation; however, the EPWDS is not yet available in the German language.

Objectives

1) Translation and cross-culturally adaptation of the original English version of the EPWDS into the German language (EPWDS-GER) and 2) to gain insights into assessing data with the newly developed instrument.

Material and methods

International recommendations were followed to cross-culturally adapt the English original ve

SUBMITTER: Seibert K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11870865 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature