The meaning of home questionnaire revisited: Psychometric analyses among people with Parkinson's disease reveals new dimensions.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Research addressing perceptions of housing in people with Parkinson's disease (PD) is rare, and existing instruments capturing perceived aspects of housing are rarely used. Perceived housing comprises of several domains and is associated with health in general older populations. One such domain is meaning of home, captured by the Meaning of Home Questionnaire (MOH). The aim of this study was to evaluate psychometric properties of the MOH among people with PD.

Materials and methods

The MOH was administrated to 245 participants with PD (mean age = 69.9 years; mean PD duration = 9.7 years). The instrument consisted of four sub-scales with 28 items, each with 11 response options (strongly disagree = 0; strongly agree = 10). We evaluated data quality, structural validi

SUBMITTER: Andersson N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7721182 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature