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Table 3 Measurement Tools

From: Neighbourhood Team Development to promote resident centred approaches in nursing homes: a protocol for a multi component intervention

Scale

Scores

Reference

Cognitive Performance Scale (CPS)

The CPS showed substantial agreement with the MMSE in the identification of cognitive impairment; the sensitivity was .94 (95% confidence interval [CI]: .90,

.98), the specificity was .94 (95%

CI: .87, .96), and the diagnostic accuracy as measured by the area under the receiver operating characteristics (ROC) curve was

.96 (95% CI: .88, 1.0).

Hartmaier, S.L., Sloane, P.D., Guess, H.A., Koch, G.G., Mitchell, C.M., & Phillips, C.D. (1995). Validation of the minimum data set cognitive performance scale: Agreement with the mini-mental state examination. Journals of Gerontology Series A: Biological Science and Medical Science, 50, M128–33.

Depression Rating Scale (DRS)

Correlations of 0.69 with Cornell scale and 0.70 with Hamilton Depression Rating Scale. More sensitive and specific than 15-item Geriatric Depression Scale (AUC

> 0.80).

Burrows, A.B., Morris, J.N.,

Simon, S.E., Hirdes, J.P., & Phillips, C. (2000).

Development of a minimum data set-based depression rating scale for use in nursing homes. Age and Ageing, 29, 165–72.

Activities of Daily Living (ADL)-long form

Interrater reliability > 0.75, internal consistency is high (Chronbach’s alpha = 0.954).

Morris, J.N., Fries, B.E., & Morris, S.A. (1999). Scaling ADLs within the MDS. Journals of Gerontology Series A: Biological Science and Medical Science, 54 (11), M546–53.

Activities of Daily Living (ADL) –short form

Interrater reliability > 0.75, internal consistency is high (Chronbach’s alpha = 0.90).

Morris, J.N., Fries, B.E., & Morris, S.A. (1999). Scaling ADLs within the MDS. Journals of Gerontology Series A: Biological Science and Medical Science, 54 (11), M546–53.

Index of Social Engagement (ISE)

Internal consistency is moderate (Chronbach’s alpha = 0.79).

Mor, V., Branco, K., Fleishman, J., Hawes, C., Phillips, C.,

Morris, J., & Fries, B. (1995). The structure of social engagement among nursing home residents. Journals of Gerontology Series B: Psychological Science and Social Science, 50 (1), P1–8.

Pain Scale

Kappa between VAS and Pain was 0.707; variance explained 56%.

Fries, B.E., Simon, S.E., Morris, J.N., Flodstrom, C., & Bookstein, F.L. (2001). Pain in