title: Development of the questionnaire on palliative care for advanced dementia (qPAD).
abstract: The Questionnaire on Palliative Care for Advanced Dementia (qPAD) is a 2-part instrument that measures long-term care staff knowledge, and beliefs, perceptions, and attitudes about palliative and end-of-life care for persons with advanced dementia. Factor analyses of the Knowledge Test (coefficient α = .81) produced 3 factors: Anticipating Needs, Preventing Negative Outcomes, and Insight and Intuition (coefficient α = .75, .73, and .58, respectively), explaining 67% of the total variance. Factor analyses of the Attitude Scale (coefficient α = .83) produced 3 factors: Job Satisfaction, Perceptions and Beliefs, and Work Setting Support of Families (coefficient α = .90, .64, and .67, respectively), explaining 68% of the total variance. These initial findings hold promise for an instrument that measures both knowledge and attitudes of long-term care staff in the care of persons with advanced dementia.
authors.affiliation: Palliative Care for Advanced Dementia, Beatitudes Campus, Phoenix, Arizona, AZ 85044, USA. carollong@cox.net
authors.forename: Carol O
authors.initials: CO
authors.lastname: Long
authors.forename: Evelyn J
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Sowell
authors.forename: Robert K
authors.initials: RK
authors.lastname: Hess
authors.forename: Tena R
authors.initials: TR
authors.lastname: Alonzo
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D002983:Clinical Competence / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D003704:Dementia / Q000451:nursing*; D005163:Factor Analysis, Statistical; D006282:Health Personnel / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D007588:Job Satisfaction; D009735:Nursing Homes; D010166:Palliative Care / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011594:Psychometrics / Q000295:instrumentation; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires