Journal article
Developing and validating an intervention-specific knowledge assessment for person-centered communication in nursing home continuing education
Gerontology & geriatrics education, Vol.46(2), pp.295-309
04/03/2025
DOI: 10.1080/02701960.2024.2444922
PMCID: PMC12018141
PMID: 39721043
Abstract
The assessment of knowledge gain from educational interventions is a common practice in dementia care research. This study aimed to refine and validate the Changing Talk Scale (CHATS), a tool for assessing knowledge of effective and person-centered communication in nursing home staff. CHATS was integrated into the Changing Talk: Online (CHATO) education program to measure the knowledge gains resulting from it.
Test items for CHATS were created based on the 13 learning objectives of CHATO. These items underwent iterative revisions based on psychometric analyses across four pilot studies, culminating in two 13-item alternate forms. These forms were evaluated using psychometric analysis and linear mixed modeling with 664 staff members from 15 nursing homes across the US.
The reliability of CHATS, measured by Cronbach's α, was .56 and .49 pre-education, and .70 and .77 post-education for the two forms respectively. The mean CHATS scores were higher for staff with higher education levels and increased after the CHATO, irrespective of staff or nursing home characteristics.
The development and validation of a test to capture knowledge requires the consideration of multiple aspects. CHATS effectively demonstrated knowledge gains from the CHATO intervention across various types of staff.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Developing and validating an intervention-specific knowledge assessment for person-centered communication in nursing home continuing education
- Creators
- Yelena Perkhounkova - University of IowaClarissa Shaw - University of IowaMaria Hein - University of IowaCarissa K Coleman - University of KansasKristine Williams - University of Kansas
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Gerontology & geriatrics education, Vol.46(2), pp.295-309
- DOI
- 10.1080/02701960.2024.2444922
- PMID
- 39721043
- PMCID
- PMC12018141
- NLM abbreviation
- Gerontol Geriatr Educ
- ISSN
- 1545-3847
- eISSN
- 1545-3847
- Publisher
- ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
- Grant note
- National Institute on Aging: R61AG061881, R01AG069171
This work was supported by the National Institute on Aging under award numbers [R61AG061881 and R01AG069171]. The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the National Institutes of Health.
- Language
- English
- Electronic publication date
- 12/25/2024
- Date published
- 04/03/2025
- Academic Unit
- Nursing
- Record Identifier
- 9984769631302771
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