How Valid Are the Responses to Nursing Home Survey Questions? Some Issues and Concerns | Zendy

Denise Tyler | Zendy; Renée R. Shield | Zendy; Meagen Rosenthal | Zendy; Susan C. Miller | Zendy; Terrie Wetle | Zendy; Melissa A. Clark | Zendy

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How Valid Are the Responses to Nursing Home Survey Questions? Some Issues and Concerns

Author(s) -

Denise Tyler,

Renée R. Shield,

Meagen Rosenthal,

Susan C. Miller,

Terrie Wetle,

Melissa A. Clark

Publication year - 2010

Publication title -

the gerontologist

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.524

H-Index - 138

eISSN - 1758-5341

pISSN - 0016-9013

DOI - 10.1093/geront/gnq095

Subject(s) - psychology , nursing homes , nursing , cognition , medical education , medicine , neuroscience

Although surveys are usually piloted before fielding, cognitive-based testing of surveys is not standard practice in nursing home (NH) research. Many terms used in the literature do not have standard definitions and may be interpreted differently by researchers, respondents, and policy makers. The purpose of this study was to ensure that survey respondents understood questions as intended, determine whether the Nursing Home Administrator (NHA) or the Director of Nursing (DON) was better able to answer questions on certain topics, and to inform the answer choices provided for questions.

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