title: The person-centred care of older people with cognitive impairment in acute care scale (POPAC).
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To construct and evaluate psychometric properties of the person-centred care of older people with cognitive impairment in acute care settings (POPAC) scale.
  
  
  BACKGROUND
  Older people with cognitive impairment are admitted frequently to acute care, with needs not always met through standard practice. Best practice models have been suggested, but few assessment scales exist.
  
  
  METHODS
  Psychometric evaluation using statistical estimates of validity and reliability based on an Australian sample of acute care nursing staff (n = 212).
  
  
  RESULTS
  The final 15-item questionnaire consists of three subscales, 'using cognitive assessments and care interventions', 'using evidence and cognitive expertise' and 'individualizing care'. Estimates of validity and reliability were highly satisfactory.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The POPAC scale makes a valuable contribution by providing valid and reliable measures of the extent to which acute nursing staff report using best practice care processes to identify and consider cognitive impairment and to employ nursing interventions to meet the needs associated with old age and cognitive impairment.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The POPAC scale is short, easy to administer and not time consuming to complete, but still provides clinically relevant information. It can be used as a conceptual fundament in developing best practice nursing care in the acute clinical setting, as well as for nursing research.
authors: School of Nursing and Midwifery, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. d.edvardsson@latrobe.edu.au
authors: David
authors: D
authors: Edvardsson
authors: Anita
authors: A
authors: Nilsson
authors: Deirdre
authors: D
authors: Fetherstonhaugh
authors: Rhonda
authors: R
authors: Nay
authors: Shane
authors: S
authors: Crowe
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003072:Cognition Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000451:nursing* / Q000628:therapy; D055318:Evidence-Based Nursing; D005260:Female; D015577:Geriatric Assessment; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009730:Nursing Assessment; D018802:Patient-Centered Care; D011594:Psychometrics; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires / Q000592:standards*; D055815:Young Adult