title: Identifying psychosocial variables for home care services and how to measure them.
abstract: A Delphi-type expert consultation founded on the RAND/UCLA Appropriateness method was used to select variables related to older adults and environment characteristics perceived essential in assessing psychosocial needs and that could influence the social work workload in home care services. After two rounds of consultation, the 60 experts reached a consensus on 97 variables out of the 160 considered. A focus group made up of 10 experts identified tools that would allow us to measure the variables in a clinical context. Eighty-three percent of the variables selected could be measured with five instruments identified by the focus group experts.
authors.affiliation: a University of Sherbrooke , Sherbrooke , Quebec , Canada.
authors.forename: Nathalie
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Delli-Colli
authors.forename: Nicole
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Dubuc
authors.forename: Réjean
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Hébert
authors.forename: Catherine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Lestage
authors.forename: Marie-France
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Dubois
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003697:Delphi Technique; D017144:Focus Groups; D005851:Geriatric Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand / Q000458:organization & administration; D006699:Home Care Services / Q000458:organization & administration; D006801:Humans; D011584:Psychology; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires