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The reliability and validity of the Care Planning Assessment Tool
Author(s) -
Fleming Richard
Publication year - 2008
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/j.1741-6612.2008.00321.x
Subject(s) - inter rater reliability , reliability (semiconductor) , psychology , criterion validity , internal consistency , psychometrics , medicine , clinical psychology , rating scale , developmental psychology , power (physics) , physics , quantum mechanics
Objective: The development of a simple, comprehensive, valid and reliable tool to assist aged care services staff develops and monitors care plans.Method: An assessment with proven utility in a psychogeriatric setting was modified to improve its relevance to aged care services. Reliability was assessed from the scores obtained from two independent raters assessing 48 randomly selected residents in a large aged care facility. Validity was assessed by comparison with well‐validated measures of cognition and function.Results: The Care Planning Assessment Tool has very high interrater reliability and good internal consistency. The validity of the subscales compared with well‐validated assessments was very high.Conclusion: The psychometric properties of the Care Planning Assessment Tool are sufficiently good to allow it to be used with confidence in the care planning process. This is supported by a similar evaluation carried out on the Japanese version.