The German EMPATHIC-30 Questionnaire Showed Reliability and Convergent Validity for Use in an Intermediary/General Pediatric Cardiology Unit: A Psychometric Evaluation.
| Autor: | Girch A; Department of Pediatric Cardiology, German Heart Center Berlin, Berlin, Germany.; Charité University Hospital Berlin, Berlin, Germany., Rippe RCA; Research Methods and Statistics, Institute of Education and Child Studies, Leiden University, Leiden, Netherlands., Latour JM; School of Nursing and Midwifery, Faculty of Health, University of Plymouth, Plymouth, United Kingdom., Jönebratt Stocker M; Department of Pediatric Cardiology, German Heart Center Berlin, Berlin, Germany.; Charité University Hospital Berlin, Berlin, Germany., Blendermann M; Department of Pediatric Cardiology, German Heart Center Berlin, Berlin, Germany.; Charité University Hospital Berlin, Berlin, Germany., Hoffmann K; Charité University Hospital Berlin, Berlin, Germany., Heppner H; Department of Psychology, University of Montana, Missoula, MT, United States., Berger F; Department of Pediatric Cardiology, German Heart Center Berlin, Berlin, Germany.; Charité University Hospital Berlin, Berlin, Germany., Schmitt KRL; Department of Pediatric Cardiology, German Heart Center Berlin, Berlin, Germany.; Charité University Hospital Berlin, Berlin, Germany., Ferentzi H; Department of Pediatric Cardiology, German Heart Center Berlin, Berlin, Germany. |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Zdroj: | Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine [Front Cardiovasc Med] 2022 Jun 23; Vol. 9, pp. 901260. Date of Electronic Publication: 2022 Jun 23 (Print Publication: 2022). |
| DOI: | 10.3389/fcvm.2022.901260 |
| Abstrakt: | Background: Family-Centered Care is a useful framework for improving care for hospitalized children with congenital heart disease. The EMpowerment of PArents in THe Intensive Care-30 (EMPATHIC-30) questionnaire is a widely accepted tool to measure parental satisfaction with Family-Centered Care. Psychometric properties of the EMPATHIC-30 have been evaluated in neonatal and pediatric intensive care units, but not in pediatric cardiac care units. Therefore, our aim was to assess the psychometric properties of the German EMPATHIC-30 in an intermediary/general pediatric cardiology unit. Methods: We used data from a quality management survey comprising the German EMPATHIC-30, a sociodemographic questionnaire and four general satisfaction items. Data were collected at the intermediary/general pediatric cardiology unit of a specialized heart center in Germany ( n = 366). We split the data randomly into two subsets. In the first subset, we assessed internal consistency reliability with McDonald's omega and Cronbach's alpha, and convergent validity using Spearman's rank correlation. Furthermore, we explored the internal structure with Principal Component Analysis (PCA). In the second subset, we validated the resulting structure using Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA). Results: The reliability estimates exceeded 0.70 for all five domain scores and 0.90 for the full-scale score. Convergent validity between EMPATHIC-30 domain scores/ the full-scale score and the four general satisfaction items was adequate (r Discussion: The German version of the EMPATHIC-30 exhibited reasonable psychometric properties in an intermediary/general pediatric cardiology unit. Follow-up studies should investigate the factor structure of the EMPATHIC-30 in other pediatric inpatient care settings. Competing Interests: The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest. (Copyright © 2022 Girch, Rippe, Latour, Jönebratt Stocker, Blendermann, Hoffmann, Heppner, Berger, Schmitt and Ferentzi.) |
| Databáze: | MEDLINE |
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