Psychometric properties of the Czech Integrated Palliative Outcome Scale: reliability and content validity analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Outcome measurement is an essential part of the evaluation of palliative care and the measurements need to be reliable, valid and adapted to the culture in which they are used. The Integrated Palliative Outcome Scale (IPOS) is a widely used tool for assessing personal-level outcomes in palliative care. The aim of this study was to provide Czech version of IPOS and assess its psychometric properties.

Methods

Patients receiving palliative care in hospice or hospitals completed the IPOS. The reliability of Czech IPOS was tested with Cronbach alpha (for internal consistency), the intraclass correlation coefficient for total IPOS score and weighted Kappa (for test-retest reliability of individual items). Factor analysis was used for elucidating the construct (Explorato

SUBMITTER: Vlckova K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7098098 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature