Measuring continuity of elders' posthospital care.
J Nurs Meas
; 8(1): 41-60, 2000.
Article
in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-11026165
ABSTRACT
Continuity of care is a critical component of quality patient care, yet the paucity of reliable and valid measures of continuity of care make it difficult to ascertain the extent to which continuity has been achieved. The purpose of this article is to describe the development of an instrument to measure continuity of care that incorporates the perspectives of elders hospitalized for a chronic illness and their family caregivers. The instrument was used, and its reliability and validity examined, in a series of studies related to elders' posthospital transition. Elders in the studies ranged in age from 55 to 94 years. The findings supported content and construct validity, internal consistency reliability, and ability to detect changes in the same subjects at different points in time for the care management and services subscales. With further refinement, the continuity of provider and conflicting information subscales might also facilitate assessment of care continuity.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Nursing Evaluation Research
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Surveys and Questionnaires
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Aftercare
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Continuity of Patient Care
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Health Services for the Aged
Limits:
Aged
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Aged80
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Humans
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Middle aged
Country/Region as subject:
America do norte
Language:
En
Journal:
J Nurs Meas
Journal subject:
ENFERMAGEM
Year:
2000
Document type:
Article
Affiliation country:
United States