Spanish validation of the Person-centered Care Assessment Tool (P-CAT)

Abstract

The Spanish version of the P-CAT demonstrates good psychometric properties for its use in the evaluation of elderly care homes both professionally and in research.

Embodying person‐centred being and doing: Leading towards person‐centred care in nursing homes as narrated by managers

“…Backman et al, ). Previous national and international nursing home studies (Edvardsson, Petersson, Sjogren, Lindkvist, & Sandman, ; Martínez, Suárez‐Álvarez, Yanguas, & Muñiz, ; Rokstad, Engedal, Edvardsson, & Selbæk, ; Sjögren, Lindkvist, Sandman, Zingmark, & Edvardsson, ) that have used P‐CAT have shown person‐centred mean score between 45–49. Compared to these previous international PCC estimations, a mean score of 56 in this study's sample of nursing homes was considered as high.…”

Person-centered Care and Person-centered Care Climate of Long-term Care Facilities for the Elderly

“…There is a great deal of evidence found in a number of cross-sectional studies supporting this finding [9] [10]. Moreover, the practice and recognition for person-centered care are related to the psychological adaptation of care workers, because it helps them keep positive and hold stable relations with the elderly residents while providing them with emotional satisfaction [9].…”

“…On the other hand, in South Korea, the awareness of the importance of quality control with the increase in the number of the long-term care facilities for the elderly and their residents, provision of healing environment and person-centered care remained low [10]. In recent studies on nurses at long-term care hospitals, it was found that the person-centered care recognized by them had a positive impact on the quality of care service [12], and the exhaustion of emergency room nurses and the care work climate were factors affecting the person-centered care [13].…”

“…In previous studies from overseas on person-centered care, it was shown that facilityspecific person-centered care approach had a positive impact on the ability of nurses [9], and the organizational atmosphere, and emotional exhaustion of the staff displayed a correlation with person-centered care [10]. On the other hand, in South Korea, the awareness of the importance of quality control with the increase in the number of the long-term care facilities for the elderly and their residents, provision of healing environment and person-centered care remained low [10].…”

Staff's reactions towards partnered sexual expressions involving people with dementia living in long‐term care facilities

“…As for the P‐CAT, in this study we used the Spanish translation provided by Martínez, Suárez‐Álvarez, Yanguas, and Muñiz (). Those authors found a Cronbach's alpha value of 0.88 and a test‐retest reliability of 0.88.…”