2017 Volume 37 Pages 279-287
Objectives: We aimed to develop a scale to measure the outcomes of inter-professional team care for terminal-stage residents in special nursing homes for the elderly.
Methods: We conducted an anonymous, self-administered questionnaire survey by mail on nursing staff, caregiver staff, care managers, and life consultant social workers in special nursing homes for the elderly. We conducted exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses on 243 variables with no missing scale items. We examined the stability of the scale by the retest method.
Results: The results of exploratory factor analysis demonstrated a 25-item, 3-factor structure comprising “teamwork,” “support for residents ‘daily life and death’,” and “support for family members and close friends.” The model showed approximately good fit to the data by confirmatory factor analysis (GFI = .839, AGFI = .807, CFI = .897, RMSEA = .067). The reliability coefficient in the retest method was 0.80 for the scale.
Conclusion: We confirmed the validity and reliability of our developed scale.
