@article{ref1,
title="Fear of older adult falling questionnaire for caregivers (FOAFQ-CG): evidence from content validity and item-response theory graded-response modelling",
journal="Journal of Advanced Nursing",
year="2020",
author="Yang, Rumei and Donaldson, Gary W. and Edelman, Linda S. and Cloyes, Kristin G. and Sanders, Natalie A. and Pepper, Ginette A.",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="AIMS: (1) Determine the content validity of the Fear of Older Adult Falling Questionnaire-Caregivers using a panel of gerontological experts and a target sample of family caregivers (Stage 1) and (2) Examine the response patterns of the Fear of Older Adult Falling Questionnaire-Caregivers and compare it with older adult version of Fear of Falling Questionnaire Revised using graded-response modelling (Stage 2).   DESIGN: Cross-sectional mixed-method design.   METHODS: Five content experts and 10 family caregivers were involved in the Stage 1 study and 53 family caregiver-older adult dyads (N = 106) were included in the Stage 2 study. The content-validity index and graded-response modelling were used to analyse data.   RESULTS: Among experts, the Fear of Older Adult Falling Questionnaire-Caregivers content-validity index for relevancy, importance, and clarity of individual items and total scale ranged from 0.60-1.00 and from 0.77-0.87, respectively. Among family caregivers, the ratings of the item and scale level content-validity index for relevancy, importance, and clarity ranged from 0.90-1.00 and from 0.95-0.97, respectively. Combining feedback from both groups, we revised one item. Subsequently, the graded-response modelling revealed that a 1-factor, 3-item version of the Fear of Older Adult Falling Questionnaire-Caregivers had acceptable psychometric properties.   CONCLUSIONS: The brief 3-item version of the Fear of Older Adult Falling Questionnaire-Caregivers is promising for assessing caregivers' fear of their older adult care recipient falling.  IMPACT: A significant concern for family caregivers is fearing that older adult care recipients will fall, but a lack of validated measures limits the study of this phenomena. A 3-item version of the Fear of Older Adult Falling Questionnaire-Caregivers has the potential to identify family caregivers with high fear of older adult falling so that fall risk can be appropriately assessed and addressed.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0309-2402",
doi="10.1111/jan.14473",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jan.14473"
}