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Readiness For Hospital Discharge Scale For Older People: Psychometric Testing And Short Form Development With A Three Country Sample, Cédric Mabire, Alice Coffey, Marianne E. Weiss
Readiness For Hospital Discharge Scale For Older People: Psychometric Testing And Short Form Development With A Three Country Sample, Cédric Mabire, Alice Coffey, Marianne E. Weiss
College of Nursing Faculty Research and Publications
Aim
To develop and psychometrically test Readiness for Hospital Discharge Scale for older people and to reduce the scale to a more practical short form.
Background
The Readiness for Hospital Discharge Scale is the only available and validated scale measuring patients' perceived readiness just prior to discharge.
Design
Secondary analysis of hospital studies data from three countries.
Method
Data were collected between 2008–2012. The study sample comprised 998 medical-surgical older patients. Factor analysis was undertaken to identify the factor structure of the Readiness for Hospital Discharge Scale. Group comparisons for construct validity and predictive validity for readmission were also conducted. …