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| Efforts to establish the reliability of the Resident Assessment Instrument | | Author(s) | Antonio Sgadari, John N Morris, Brant E Fries |
| Journal title | Age and Ageing, vol 26, Supplement 2, September 1997 |
| Pages | pp 27-30 |
| Keywords | Residents [care homes] ; Nursing homes ; Evaluation ; Performance ; United States of America ; Denmark ; Iceland ; Italy ; Japan ; Sweden ; Switzerland. |
| Annotation | Since its original implementation in the US, the Resident Assessment Instrument (RAI) has been used in many countries in languages other than English. This paper describes the efforts that have been made to test the inter-rater reliability of the core set of items forming the Minimum Data Set (MDS) items in the US and non-English speaking countries (Denmark, Iceland, Italy, Japan, Sweden and Switzerland). A large proportion (from 70% to 96%) of the items in the RAI achieved an adequate to excellent level of reliability, with no substantial differences across countries. The RAI met the standard for very good reliability (i.e. a k coefficient of 0.6 or higher) in crucial areas of functional status such as memory, activities of daily living (ADLs) self-performance and support, and bowel and bladder continence in most of the countries. Indicators of mood and behavioural problems achieved adequate reliability levels of 0.4 or higher. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-980122419 A |
| Classmark | KX: LHB: 4C: 5H: 7T: 76K: 76R: 76V: 7DT: 76P: 76C |
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