TY - JOUR AU - Wilfling, Denise AU - Möhler, Ralph AU - Berg, Almuth AU - Dörner, Jonas AU - Bartmann, Natascha AU - Klatt, Thomas AU - Meyer, Gabriele AU - Halek, Margareta AU - Köpke, Sascha AU - Dichter, Martin TI - Item distribution, internal consistency and structural validity of the German language person-centred climate questionnaire - staff version (PCQ-G-S): a cross-sectional study. JO - BMC geriatrics VL - 24 IS - 1 SN - 1471-2318 CY - London PB - BioMed Central M1 - DZNE-2024-00065 SP - 57 PY - 2024 AB - Person-centredness is considered as best practice for people living with dementia. A frequently used instrument to assess person-centredness of a care environment is the Person-centred Climate Questionnaire (PCQ). The questionnaire comprises of 14 items with the three subscales a climate of safety, a climate of everydayness and a climate of community.The aim of the study is to describe the translation process of the English language Person-centred Climate Questionnaire (Staff version, Patient version, Family version) into German language (PCQ-G) and to evaluate the first psychometric properties of the German language Person-centred Climate Questionnaire- Staff version (PCQ-G-S).We conducted a cross-sectional study. The three versions of the 14-item English PCQ were translated into German language (PCQ-G) based on the recommendations for cross-cultural adaption of measures. Item distribution, internal consistency and structural validity of the questionnaire were assessed among nursing home staff (PCQ-G-S). Item distribution was calculated using descriptive statistics. Structural validity was tested using principal component analysis (PCA), and internal consistency was assessed for the resulting subscales using Cronbach's alpha. Data collection took place from May to September 2021.A total sample of 120 nurses was included in the data analysis. Nine out of 14 items of the PCQ-G-S demonstrated acceptable item difficulty, while five times showed a ceiling effect. The PCA analysis demonstrated a strong structural validity for a three-factor solution explaining 68.6 KW - Humans KW - Cross-Sectional Studies KW - Patient-Centered Care KW - Reproducibility of Results KW - Language KW - Surveys and Questionnaires KW - Psychometrics KW - Dementia (Other) KW - Instrument (Other) KW - Nursing homes (Other) KW - Person-centeredness (Other) KW - Psychometric properties (Other) KW - Validity (Other) LB - PUB:(DE-HGF)16 C6 - pmid:38216870 C2 - pmc:PMC10787414 DO - DOI:10.1186/s12877-023-04528-3 UR - https://pub.dzne.de/record/267056 ER -