Measuring Attitudes About End-of-Life Care: Evaluation of a Modified Version of the Hospice Philosophy Scale.
HPS
HPS-8
Hospice Philosophy Scale
attitudes about end-of-life
instrument validation
palliative care
psychometrics
Journal
Journal of applied gerontology : the official journal of the Southern Gerontological Society
ISSN: 1552-4523
Titre abrégé: J Appl Gerontol
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 8606502
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
08 2020
08 2020
Historique:
pubmed:
5
6
2018
medline:
6
7
2021
entrez:
5
6
2018
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
The Hospice Philosophy Scale (HPS) is the only scaled instrument that measures health professionals' attitudes about end-of-life care consistent with the hospice philosophy. This study tested the properties of a modified version of the HPS to provide preliminary validation data on internal consistency, convergent validity, and factorability in a broad population of adults. A cross-sectional telephone survey designed to assess the general population's attitudes regarding hospice use was administered. exploratory factor analysis elicited an eight-item instrument (HPS-8). The HPS-8 produced a Cronbach's alpha of .73 and demonstrated sufficient convergent validity, including positive associations with a scale measuring the importance of relevant end-of-life issues (
Identifiants
pubmed: 29860926
doi: 10.1177/0733464818774640
doi:
Types de publication
Evaluation Study
Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
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