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- The study aimed to create a survey that measures how family caregivers assess pain in people with dementia.
- The survey development involved three phases: creating questions, evaluating their content validity with experts, and testing for face validity with caregivers.
- Although the final survey includes quantitative and free-text questions validated by caregivers, more research is required before it can be widely used.
Article Abstract
Purpose: To develop an exploratory survey measuring family caregiver use of elements of pain assessment in people living with dementia (PLWD).
Method: A survey development process was conducted: Phase 1 (item development), Phase 2 (content validity), and Phase 3 (face validity).
Results: A set of survey questions was developed, and their wording modified after review by experts in survey question writing. Content experts rated the exploratory questions as having item content validity indices (I-CVI) from 0.25 to 1. Questions were further tested with a sample of family caregivers ( = 10) who supported face validity and content validity for questions with a low I-CVI. The final survey has eight quantitative and two free-text questions.
Conclusion: This survey can be used for exploratory purposes to describe pain assessment by family caregivers of PLWD; however, further validation is needed for uses beyond exploratory work. [(6), 308-316.].
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