Preliminary testing using Mokken scaling of an Italian translation of the Edinburgh Feeding Evaluation in Dementia (EdFED-I) scale

Bagnasco, Annamaria; Watson, Roger; Zanini, Milko; Rosa, Francesca; Rocco, Gennaro; Sasso, Loredana

Abstract

© 2015 Elsevier Inc. Purpose: To study the psychometric properties of an Italian version of the Edinburgh Feeding Evaluation in Dementia (EdFED-I) Scale. Background: The EdFED Scale is the only validated instrument that measures difficulty with feeding in older people with dementia. The original English version of the EdFED had three factors measuring: behavioral aspects of feeding difficulty (obstinacy/passivity); indicators of feeding difficulty; and nursing interventions. Methods: Participants affected by dementia and living in nursing homes (n = 210) were selected. Data collectors were trained to observe the residents' eating problems and their food intake. The data were analyzed using Mokken scaling and Pearson's correlation. Results: The Italian version of the EdFED Scale formed a Mokken scale which correlated in the expected direction with measures of residents' weight, Body Mass Index, time taken to eat, Mini Mental State Examination score and Barthel Index according to the unmet needs model of Cohen-Mansfield. Conclusions: The EdFED-I shows reasonable psychometric properties and can be used for the assessment of feeding difficulty in Italian samples of older people with dementia. However, further work with larger samples is required to test the utility of the whole range of items and the necessity of their inclusion in the EdFED-I.

Citation

Bagnasco, A., Watson, R., Zanini, M., Rosa, F., Rocco, G., & Sasso, L. (2015). Preliminary testing using Mokken scaling of an Italian translation of the Edinburgh Feeding Evaluation in Dementia (EdFED-I) scale. Applied nursing research : ANR, 28(4), 391-396. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apnr.2015.02.003

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Feb 13, 2015
• Online Publication Date: Feb 26, 2015
• Publication Date: 2015-11
• Deposit Date: Mar 23, 2015
• Publicly Available Date: Mar 23, 2015
• Journal: Applied nursing research
• Print ISSN: 0897-1897
• Publisher: Elsevier
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 28
• Issue: 4
• Pages: 391-396
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apnr.2015.02.003
• Keywords: Construct validity; Dementia; EdFED Scale; Nutrition; Mokken scaling; Item response theory
• Public URL: https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/371898
• Publisher URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0897189715000506
• Additional Information: NOTICE: this is the author’s version of a work that was accepted for publication in Applied nursing research. Changes resulting from the publishing process, such as peer review, editing, corrections, structural formatting, and other quality control mechanisms may not be reflected in this document. Changes may have been made to this work since it was submitted for publication. A definitive version was subsequently published in Applied nursing research (2015) DOI 10.1016/j.apnr.2015.02.003 This is a description of an article which has been published in Applied nursing research, 2015 at http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0897189715000506. The article itself will be available in this repository in February 2016.
• Contract Date: Mar 23, 2015