Development and cross-validation of a home functioning scale for people with multiple sclerosis.

BACKGROUND: After extensive review of existing measures, it was deemed that a brief self-report instrument that measures the functioning difficulties and limitations of people with MS in and around their home should be developed. OBJECTIVE: The purposes of this study were to develop an instrument th...

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Publicado en:Journal of Vocational Rehabilitation Vol. 42; no. 2; pp. 115 - 130
Autores principales: Li, Jian, Fitzgerald, Shawn M., Bishop, Malachy, Zhang, Han, Rumrill, Phillip D.
Formato: research tables/charts Journal Article
Publicado: Sage Publications Inc. 2015
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          Fitzgerald, Shawn M.
          Bishop, Malachy
          Zhang, Han
          Rumrill, Phillip D.
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          Instrument Validation
          Instrument Construction
          Multiple Sclerosis Physiopathology
          Activities of Daily Living
          Functional Assessment
          Home Environment
          Self Care
          Self Report
          Psychometrics
          Validation Studies
          Factor Analysis
          Summated Rating Scaling
          Random Sample
          Descriptive Statistics
          Middle Age
          Female
          Male
          Human
          Clinical Assessment Tools
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          Middle Aged: 45-64 years
          Female
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      ab: BACKGROUND: After extensive review of existing measures, it was deemed that a brief self-report instrument that measures the functioning difficulties and limitations of people with MS in and around their home should be developed. OBJECTIVE: The purposes of this study were to develop an instrument that can measure the degree of difficulty in functioning that people with multiple sclerosis (MS) experience within their residence and to test the psychometric properties of the newly developed scale. METHODS: To test the factorial validity of the Home Functioning Scale, both exploratory factor analysis (EFA) and confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) were utilized in a cross-validation approach in this study. RESULTS: The new scale captured three functioning difficulty components: (1) functioning needed to take care of oneself at home, (2) functioning needed to conduct house work and house maintenance, and (3) functioning needed to carry out one's own medical needs and treatment at home. Unlike many other scales in the field, this measure is not disease or symptom-specific, but task-oriented and site-specific. CONCLUSION: The use of the scale can be instrumental to rehabilitation counselors and allied health practitioners in the field.
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