Journal article
Development and psychometric testing of the dyadic communication observational coding scheme in DEmentia care (DCODE): family dyadic communication in dementia
Aging & mental health, Vol.27(9), pp.1-10
2023
DOI: 10.1080/13607863.2022.2126819
PMID: 36178152
Abstract
Objectives Understanding family dyadic communication in dementia is essential to promote the well-being of family caregivers and persons living with dementia. The Dyadic Communication Observational coding scheme in DEmentia care (DCODE) was developed and tested to assess family dyadic communication in dementia. Methods The DCODE was developed from a review of literature, expert review, and pretesting. A secondary analysis of the 75 in-home care video observations from 19 family caregiver-care recipient dyads was conducted to test psychometric properties. Results The DCODE consists of 43 caregiver items and 41 care recipient items. We observed internal consistency, intra-rater reliability, and inter-rater reliability as adequate. Content validity and convergent validity were moderate. Predictive validity was moderate in predicting caregiver burden. The overall psychometric properties demonstrated a moderate quality of the DCODE. Conclusions Findings provided the preliminary psychometric evidence of the DCODE as a promising instrument to assess family dyadic communication in dementia. Future testing for concurrent, divergent, and structural validity of the DCODE is needed.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Development and psychometric testing of the dyadic communication observational coding scheme in DEmentia care (DCODE): family dyadic communication in dementia
- Creators
- Sohyun Kim - University of Massachusetts AmherstWen Liu - University of IowaSandra Daack-Hirsch - University of IowaKristine N. Williams - University of Kansas
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Aging & mental health, Vol.27(9), pp.1-10
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis
- DOI
- 10.1080/13607863.2022.2126819
- PMID
- 36178152
- ISSN
- 1360-7863
- eISSN
- 1364-6915
- Number of pages
- 10
- Grant note
- R01NR014737 / National Institute of Nursing Research of the National Institutes of Health; United States Department of Health & Human Services; National Institutes of Health (NIH) - USA; NIH National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR)
- Language
- English
- Electronic publication date
- 09/30/2022
- Date published
- 2023
- Academic Unit
- Nursing; Fraternal Order of Eagles Diabetes Research Center; Public Policy Center (Archive)
- Record Identifier
- 9984370635302771
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