TY - JOUR
T1 - The quality of carer–patient relationship scale
T2 - adaptation and validation into Portuguese
AU - Silva, Rosa
AU - Bobrowicz-Campos, Elzbieta
AU - Santos-Costa, Paulo
AU - Gil, Isabel
AU - Neves, Hugo
AU - Apóstolo, João
N1 - Funding Information:
Acknowledgments: The authors would like to thank the Health Sciences Research Unit: Nursing (UICISA: E) from Nursing School of Coimbra (ESEnfC) for all the support. The author P.S.-C. (SFRH/BD/136487/2018) would like to thank the Portuguese National Funding Agency for Science, Research and Technology (FCT) for the financial support granted through the 2018 Ph.D. Scholarship program. The authors would also like to thank all ACES health professionals who kindly worked with the research team.
Funding Information:
This study was developed in the context of the project ?Cognitive stimulation in Older adults: intervention on cognitive frailty and promotion of self-care? [ECOG/2015], funded by the Nursing School of Coimbra. The APC was funded by national funds through FCT-Foundation for Science and Technology, I.P., within the scope of the project Ref? UIDP/00742/2020.The authors would like to thank the Health Sciences Research Unit: Nursing (UICISA: E) from Nursing School of Coimbra (ESEnfC) for all the support. The author P.S.-C. (SFRH/BD/136487/2018) would like to thank the Portuguese National Funding Agency for Science, Research and Technology (FCT) for the financial support granted through the 2018 Ph.D. Scholarship program. The authors would also like to thank all ACES health professionals who kindly worked with the research team.
Funding Information:
Funding: This study was developed in the context of the project “Cognitive stimulation in Older adults: intervention on cognitive frailty and promotion of self-care” [ECOG/2015], funded by the Nursing School of Coimbra. The APC was funded by national funds through FCT-Foundation for Science and Technology, I.P., within the scope of the project Refª UIDP/00742/2020.
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PY - 2021/2/1
Y1 - 2021/2/1
N2 - Background: This study aimed to translate and adapt the Quality of the Carer–Patient Relationship (QCPR) scale into Portuguese and analyse both its psychometric properties and correlation with sociodemographic and clinical variables. Methods: Phase (1) Translate and culturally adapt the scale. Phase (2) Assess the scale’s confirmatory factorial analysis, internal consistency, construct validity, and correlations. Results: The experts classified the overall quality of the translation as adequate. A total of 53 dyads (cared-for person and carer) were assessed. In both versions, measures of central tendency and symmetry were also adequate, and the two factors under investigation had appropriate reliability, although in the conflict/critical factor, this was more fragile. Cronbach’s alpha values were 0.89 for the cared-for person version and 0.91 for the carer version. Conclusions: The QCPR scale showed satisfactory to good values of reliability. The assessment is essential to guarantee structured interventions by health professionals, since the quality of the dyads’ relationship seems to influence both older adults’ quality of life and carers’ health status. This study is a significant contribution to the introduction of the QCPR scale in the Portuguese clinical and scientific culture but also an opportunity to increase its use internationally.
AB - Background: This study aimed to translate and adapt the Quality of the Carer–Patient Relationship (QCPR) scale into Portuguese and analyse both its psychometric properties and correlation with sociodemographic and clinical variables. Methods: Phase (1) Translate and culturally adapt the scale. Phase (2) Assess the scale’s confirmatory factorial analysis, internal consistency, construct validity, and correlations. Results: The experts classified the overall quality of the translation as adequate. A total of 53 dyads (cared-for person and carer) were assessed. In both versions, measures of central tendency and symmetry were also adequate, and the two factors under investigation had appropriate reliability, although in the conflict/critical factor, this was more fragile. Cronbach’s alpha values were 0.89 for the cared-for person version and 0.91 for the carer version. Conclusions: The QCPR scale showed satisfactory to good values of reliability. The assessment is essential to guarantee structured interventions by health professionals, since the quality of the dyads’ relationship seems to influence both older adults’ quality of life and carers’ health status. This study is a significant contribution to the introduction of the QCPR scale in the Portuguese clinical and scientific culture but also an opportunity to increase its use internationally.
KW - Aged
KW - Carers
KW - Dementia
KW - Quality of caregiver-patient relationship scale
KW - Reliability and validity
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U2 - 10.3390/ijerph18031264
DO - 10.3390/ijerph18031264
M3 - Article
C2 - 33572518
AN - SCOPUS:85100040372
SN - 1661-7827
VL - 18
SP - 1
EP - 13
JO - International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
JF - International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
IS - 3
M1 - 1264
ER -