Development of a family caregiver needs-assessment scale for end-of-life care for senility at home (FADE).

ABSTRACT:

Aim

This study aimed to develop a "family caregiver needs-assessment scale for end-of-life care for senility at home" (FADE) and examine its reliability and validity.

Method

A draft item pool was developed based on a literature review, and simplified to 30 items in four domains. Next, the item pool was reviewed by four visiting nurses and four researchers and refined to 15 items. A cross-sectional study was then conducted using a self-reported questionnaire. Questionnaires were sent to 2703 visiting nurses. The survey questions included participants' basic demographic information, the importance of each item according to a modified scale, basic demographics for cases of death by senility at home, satisfaction with each item of the modified scale in an example case, and asses

SUBMITTER: Saito M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6738926 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature