Validity, internal consistency reliability and one-year stability of the Slovene translation of the Measure of Processes of Care (20-item version)

Low-Carbon Travel Motivation and Constraint: Scales Development and Validation

Low-carbon travel has emerged as a topic of interest in tourism and academia. Studies have offered reasons tourists may engage in low-carbon travel; however, these explanations are scattered throughout the literature and have yet to be integrated into low-carbon travel motivation and constraint constructs. This study develops a low-carbon travel motivation scale (LCTMS) and a low-carbon travel constraint scale (LCTCS). It performs reliability and validity testing to measure the low-carbon travel motives and obstacles. Items were collected primarily by literature review, and, then, by surveys of 382 tourists from low-carbon travel destinations and 390 from non-low-carbon travel destinations. Through a rigorous scale development process, this study identifies six dimensions of the LCTMS (environmental protection, experience-seeking, escape or social connection, industry pleas and measures for environmental protection, low-carbon products, and green transportation) and four dimensions of the LCTCS (intrapersonal constraints, interpersonal constraints, structural constraints, and the not a travel option).

Measurement of family-centered services: Validation of the Korean translation of the measure of processes of care for service providers

PURPOSE

The Measure of Processes of Care for Service Providers (MPOC-SP) is a valid and reliable instrument to measure the professionals' perception of the extent to which they apply the principles of family-centered services in care for children with disabilities. This study aimed to evaluate the validity and reliability of the Korean translation of the MPOC-SP (Korean MPOC-SP).

METHODS

The Korean MPOC-SP was completed by 132 rehabilitation service providers in 5 provinces in South Korea. Analyses for internal consistency, construct validity, and test-retest reliability were performed.

RESULTS

The estimates of internal consistency (Cronbach's alpha) of the four scales of the Korean MPOC-SP ranged from 0.67 to 0.92. All the scales correlated highly with the other scales (r ranging from 0.61 to 0.77). In addition, all the items exhibited high item-total correlations (rs ranging from 0.40 to 0.83). Three scales had moderate to good reliability with ICCs ranging from 0.57 to 0.78; the 'providing general information (PGI)' scale showed low reliability (ICC 0.22).

CONCLUSION

The Korean MPOC-SP can be considered a valid instrument for group-level research purposes with acceptable internal consistency, but caution is warranted regarding the low test-retest reliability of the PGI scale.

Parental perceptions of paediatric rehabilitation services using the Malay Measure of Processes of Care

BACKGROUND

Neurodevelopmental disabilities are amongst the main conditions encountered in our paediatric rehabilitation centre. To identify the necessary actions to achieve family-centred care in the tertiary healthcare division, we explored the perceptions of parents on the paediatric rehabilitation services received by their children with neurodevelopmental disabilities.

METHOD

A cross-sectional study involving 200 parents of children with neurodevelopmental disabilities aged 1-18 years was carried out. The Malay version of the Measure of Process of Care (MPOC-20) questionnaire was used to measure the perceptions of parents on the services. Descriptive statistical analysis was done to describe the mean score of each MPOC-20 scale. Univariate and bivariate analyses were used to examine the associations between the characteristics of parents and children as well as the sociodemographic and environmental factors with the MPOC-20 scales.

RESULTS

The mean score of the MPOC-20 scales ranged from 4.50 to 5.65 (SD 0.93-1.51). Amongst the MPOC-20 scales, parents ranked enabling, having good partnership and being comprehensive (EP) the highest, whereas the provision of specific information (PS) received the lowest score. Amongst all the MPOC-20 scales, significant differences were shown in parent's employment, between children's age groups and between ethnic groups.

CONCLUSIONS

The Malay MPOC-20 is a validated tool that can be used in evaluation of services among the Malay-speaking community, and therefore, it is recommended for our clinical use to improve family-centred practice in paediatric rehabilitation.

Psychometric assessment of the Slovene translation of the Measure of Processes of Care for Service Providers

The Measure of Processes of Care for professionals (MPOC-SP) is valid and reliable a self-administered questionnaire for paediatric service providers engaged in care for chronically ill children. Our aim was to evaluate internal consistency reliability, one-year stability and some aspects of validity of its Slovene translation. Sixty-seven service providers from seven professional groups of several hospitals and health centres participated in the study. MPOC-SP mean scores for all four subscales were high; their ranking order was the same as in other MPOC-SP studies. All subscales exhibited sufficient internal consistency (Cronbach alpha from 0.69 to 0.86, adequate corrected item-total correlations). None of the mean subscale scores changed significantly after one year (P values from 0.11 to 0.80). The Slovene translation of the MPOC-SP can therefore be considered a reliable instrument that shows good stability over a period of one year, and as such it can be adopted in clinical practice.

Cross-cultural psychometric properties of the Persian version of the Measure of Processes of Care for Service Providers questionnaire

Background

The Measure of Processes of Care is the most widely used tool for measuring family-centredness and perceptions of the care process. This study assessed the psychometric properties of the Persian language version of the Measure of Processes of Care for Service Providers questionnaire.

Methods

In a cross-sectional study, the Measure of Processes of Care for Service Providers questionnaire was translated three times based on a backward–forward method. The Persian version of the Measure of Processes of Care for Service Providers was used with 150 health providers in Iran. The Pearson correlation coefficient, Cronbach alpha and interclass correlation coefficient were used for reliability analysis. Content validity index and content validity ratio and confirmatory factor analysis was used for validity assessments.

Results

The test-retest correlation was higher than 0.95 and the interclass correlation coefficient was higher than 0.8 in all domains. The consistency coefficient was calculated as r=0.989 and the Cronbach alpha calculated as 0.994, which varied from 0.978 to 0.994. The content validity index average was 0.97, which varied from 0.90 to 0.99. Moreover, the content validity ratio average calculated 0.726 and ranged from 0.60 to 0.95. The goodness of fit index was acceptable as CMIN =χ2: 411.52, df; 280, P<0.001, CMIN/df; 1.47, root mean square error of approximation: 0.056; P value: 0.19, goodness of fit index and Tucker–Lewis index was 0.951 and 0.938 respectively.

Conclusion

The Persian translation of the Measure of Processes of Care for Service Providers questionnaire is a standard tool for assessing family-centred care with acceptable reliable and valid. It could be used in all health, clinical and rehabilitation centres to assess family-centred care in health care providers and can be an incentive to improve the quality of family-related services.

Measure of processes of care (MPOC): Translation and validation for use in Korea

BACKGROUND

The measure of processes of care (MPOC) is a widely used instrument to assess parents' perception of the extent to which healthcare services they and their child receive are family centred. The purpose of this study was to examine the reliability and validity of the Korean translation of the MPOC (Korean MPOC).

METHODS

The Korean MPOC was completed by 198 parents of children receiving rehabilitation services in five provinces in South Korea. According to the Canadian validation procedures, analyses for internal consistency, construct and concurrent validity, and test-retest reliability were performed.

RESULTS

The Korean MPOC demonstrated adequate internal consistency, with Cronbach's alpha ranging from .85 to .98. Confirmative analyses of the scale structure support the construct validity of the Korean MPOC. The Pearson correlations r between the MPOC scale scores and Client Satisfaction Inventory score ranged from .60 to .83, supporting the concurrent validity of the Korean MPOC. The intraclass correlation coefficients were greater than .80 for all five scales, demonstrating good test-retest reliability.

CONCLUSIONS

The Korean MPOC has good psychological properties and can be recommended for evaluation of processes of paediatric rehabilitation in Korea.