title: Psychometric evaluation of the Functional Health Pattern Assessment Screening Tool (FHPAST).
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To report findings of psychometric testing of the Functional Health Pattern Screening Tool (FHPAST).
  
  
  METHODS
  Psychometric evaluation including internal consistency and principal components analysis.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The findings indicate that the FHPAST is a reliable, three-component, 57-item valid instrument.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Psychometric testing supports the use of the FHPAST in research. The instrument captures each of the 11 functional health patterns as described by Gordon (1994) and has been translated into, and is available in, several languages.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Continued testing and refinement is needed across populations to support the findings from this investigation and to evaluate the outcomes of patient-centered interventions over time.
authors.affiliation: William F. Connell School of Nursing, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA, USA. jones@bc.edu
authors.forename: Dorothy
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Jones
authors.forename: Mary E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Duffy
authors.forename: Jane
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Flanagan
authors.forename: Frances
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Foster
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D015399:Nursing Research; D025341:Principal Component Analysis; D011594:Psychometrics; D015203:Reproducibility of Results