Reliability and Validity of SymTrak, a Multi-Domain Tool for Monitoring Symptoms of Older Adults with Multiple Chronic Conditions.

ABSTRACT:

Background

A reliable and valid clinically practical multi-domain self-report and caregiver-report tool is needed for tracking actionable symptoms in primary care for elderly patients with multiple chronic conditions (MCCs).

Objective

Assess internal consistency reliability, test-retest reliability, construct validity, and sensitivity to change for SymTrak.

Design and participants

Among 600 (200 patient-caregiver dyads, 200 patients without an identified caregiver) participants, SymTrak was telephone interviewer-administered at baseline and 3-month follow-up, and at 24 h post-baseline for assessing test-retest reliability in a random subsample of 180 (60 dyads, 60 individual patients) participants.

Main measures

Demographic questions, SymTrak, Health Utility In

SUBMITTER: Monahan PO 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6544736 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature