Measurement of Harm Outcomes in Older Adults after Hospital Discharge : Reliability and Validity
Joint Authors
Richardson, Julie
Eva, Kevin
Letts, Lori
Douglas, Alison
Source
Issue
Vol. 2012, Issue 2012 (31 Dec. 2012), pp.1-7, 7 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2012-05-09
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
7
Main Subjects
Pharmacy, Health & Medical Sciences
Abstract EN
Objectives.
Defining and validating a measure of safety contributes to further validation of clinical measures.
The objective was to define and examine the psychometric properties of the outcome “incidents of harm.” Methods.
The Incident of Harm Caregiver Questionnaire was administered to caregivers of older adults discharged from hospital by telephone.
Caregivers completed daily logs for one month and medical charts were examined.
Results.
Test-retest reliability (n=38) was high for the occurrence of an incident of harm (yes/no; kappa = 1.0) and the type of incident (agreement = 100%).
Validation against daily logs found no disagreement regarding occurrence or types of incidents.
Validation with medical charts found no disagreement regarding incident occurrence and disagreement in half regarding incident type.
Discussion.
The data support the Incident of Harm Caregiver Questionnaire as a reliable and valid estimation of incidents for this sample and are important to researchers as a method to measure safety when validating clinical measures.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Douglas, Alison& Letts, Lori& Eva, Kevin& Richardson, Julie. 2012. Measurement of Harm Outcomes in Older Adults after Hospital Discharge : Reliability and Validity. Journal of Aging Research،Vol. 2012, no. 2012, pp.1-7.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Douglas, Alison…[et al.]. Measurement of Harm Outcomes in Older Adults after Hospital Discharge : Reliability and Validity. Journal of Aging Research No. 2012 (2012), pp.1-7.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
Douglas, Alison& Letts, Lori& Eva, Kevin& Richardson, Julie. Measurement of Harm Outcomes in Older Adults after Hospital Discharge : Reliability and Validity. Journal of Aging Research. 2012. Vol. 2012, no. 2012, pp.1-7.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-449789
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-449789