Testing the factorial validity of scores from the caregiver pain medicine questionnaire.

ABSTRACT:

Context

The Caregiver Pain Medicine Questionnaire is designed to measure caregiver agreement with statements regarding pain management. However, little testing has been done to determine its reliability and validity.

Objectives

The objective of the study was to test the factorial validity of scores from the Caregiver Pain Medicine Questionnaire as hypothesized by the original study authors.

Methods

Confirmatory factor analysis was conducted to assess whether the subscales postulated by the instrument authors could be replicated in external data.

Results

Fit statistics reveal an unsatisfactory fit between the hypothesized model and the observed data.

Conclusion

The theoretical model hypothesized by the original study authors was not confirmed. Results lea

SUBMITTER: Albright DL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4022713 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature