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Attitudes towards family–staff relationships in A ustralian residential aged care settings: Development and psychometric evaluation of the ‘ F amily and S taff R elationship A ttitude T ool’ ( FASRAT )
Author(s) -
Bauer Michael,
Fetherstonhaugh Deirdre,
Lewis Virginia
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
australasian journal on ageing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.63
H-Index - 34
eISSN - 1741-6612
pISSN - 1440-6381
DOI - 10.1111/ajag.12006
Subject(s) - internal consistency , psychological intervention , psychology , quality (philosophy) , aged care , nursing , consistency (knowledge bases) , medicine , family medicine , gerontology , psychometrics , clinical psychology , computer science , philosophy , epistemology , artificial intelligence
Aim To develop and psychometrically evaluate the F amily and S taff R elationship A ttitude T ool ( FASRAT ) for use in A ustralian residential aged care facilities to assess the attitudinal beliefs of residential aged care staff towards staff–family relationships. Methods Development and testing of the psychometric properties of the 26‐item FASRAT occurred in three phases which included item development based on a systematic review of the research literature, interviews with aged care staff and families, expert panel review and testing with aged care staff. Results Content validity and internal consistency of the FASRAT support its use as an instrument to measure staff attitudinal beliefs about staff–family relationships in the residential aged care setting. Conclusion The FASRAT will enable residential aged care facilities to measure the attitudinal beliefs of its staff about staff–family relationships and provide a basis for the development and implementation of interventions to address identified gaps which impact on relationship quality.