Reliability and usability of a weighted version of the Functional Comorbidity Index.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To investigate the reliability of a weighted version of the Functional Comorbidity Index (w-FCI) compared with that of the original Functional Comorbidity Index (FCI) and to test its usability.

Patients and methods

Sixteen physicians collected data from 102 residents who lived in 16 different nursing homes in the Netherlands. A multicenter, prospective observational study was carried out in combination with a qualitative part using the three-step test interview, in which participants completed the w-FCI while thinking aloud and being observed, and were then interviewed afterward. To analyze inter-rater reliability, a subset of 41 residents participated. The qualitative part of the study was completed by eleven elderly care physicians and one advanced nurse practition

SUBMITTER: Kabboord AD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6375535 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature