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Parents evaluation of the processes of care in child rehabilitation: a reliability study of the Norwegian translation of MPOC‐20
Author(s) -
Hagen A.K.,
Bjorbækmo W. S.
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
child: care, health and development
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.832
H-Index - 82
eISSN - 1365-2214
pISSN - 0305-1862
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2214.2010.01192.x
Subject(s) - norwegian , reliability (semiconductor) , cronbach's alpha , rehabilitation , intraclass correlation , context (archaeology) , test (biology) , rating scale , medicine , physical therapy , psychology , clinical psychology , developmental psychology , psychometrics , geography , paleontology , philosophy , linguistics , physics , power (physics) , archaeology , quantum mechanics , biology
Abstract Background The objective was to assess the reliability of the Norwegian translation of the Canadian Measure of Processes of Care‐20 (MPOC‐20) questionnaire for use in child rehabilitation in Norway. MPOC‐20 is a standardized questionnaire with 20 items and 5 scales that assesses to what extent parents experience that the services offered to them and their children are in line with the ideologies and principles of the family‐centred service (FCS). Methods The translation of MPOC‐20 was performed according to international standards for translation of questionnaires. A pilot study was carried out with representatives from four patient advocacy organizations. A test–retest reliability study was performed. MPOC‐20 (N) was sent to the participants twice with 2‐ to 6‐week intervals. Participants were 36 parents of 25 children aged 0–18 years. Response rate was 41.8%. Results The intraclass correlations (ICCs) for test–retest scores ranged 0.78–0.86. The internal consistency expressed as Cronbach's alpha ranged 0.62–0.93; the score was high for four of the scales and acceptable for the fifth ‘Providing specific information’. These findings strongly suggest that the five scales of MPOC‐20 (N) have good test–retest reliability. Average scores of each scale did not differ significantly between the first and second rating, indicating that the average scores of the ratings are stable. Conclusions The Measure of Processes of Care‐20 (N) appears to be reliable and useful in the Norwegian context, and can be recommended for evaluation of the processes of child rehabilitation 1 in Norway.