Performance of the Medicare Consumer Assessment of Health Care Providers and Systems (CAHPS) Physical Functioning Items.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Physical functioning is an important health domain for adults.

Objective

Evaluate physical functioning items in Medicare beneficiaries.

Research design

Survey data from the 2010 Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems Medicare survey.

Subjects

The 366,701 respondents were 58% female; 38% were 75 or older; 57% had high school education or less.

Measures

Walking, getting in or out of chairs, bathing, dressing, toileting, and eating assessed with 3 response choices: unable to do, have difficulty, do not have difficulty.

Results

Pearson correlations among the 6 items ranged from 0.515 to 0.835 (coefficient α=0.92). A single factor categorical factor analytic model fit the data well (comparative fit index=0.998; root mean squ

SUBMITTER: Hays RD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4713233 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature