TY - JOUR
T1 - Translation and Validation of a Questionnaire to Assess the Diagnosis and Management of Dementia in Greek General Practice
AU - Prokopiadou, Dimitra
AU - Papadakaki, Maria
AU - Roumeliotaki, Theano
AU - Komninos, Ioannis D.
AU - Bastas, Charalampos
AU - Iatraki, Eliza
AU - Saridaki, Aristoula
AU - Tatsioni, Athina
AU - Manyon, Andrea
AU - Lionis, Christos
PY - 2015/6/6
Y1 - 2015/6/6
N2 - The aim of this study was to translate and validate the Alzheimer’s Disease Knowledge scale (ADKS) in a population of Greek general practitioners (GPs). The international standards for the forward and back translation approach were followed. For the validation step, 112 GPs, treating dementia in their daily practices, were enrolled from Crete. The questionnaire was assessed for the following psychometric properties: intraclass reliability, test–retest reliability, and construct and face validity. Internal consistency of the Greek ADKS was satisfactory (α =.65). A high repeatability of the instrument was found during the retest with 27 GPs (intraclass correlation coefficient = 1.0). Factor analysis showed that all the items from the original instrument can be used in the Greek version. The inter-item correlation revealed a high cross-correlation between the items of the questionnaire (α >.6). The data confirmed the validity of the Greek version of the ADKS for measuring GPs’ knowledge on the diagnosis and management of dementia.
AB - The aim of this study was to translate and validate the Alzheimer’s Disease Knowledge scale (ADKS) in a population of Greek general practitioners (GPs). The international standards for the forward and back translation approach were followed. For the validation step, 112 GPs, treating dementia in their daily practices, were enrolled from Crete. The questionnaire was assessed for the following psychometric properties: intraclass reliability, test–retest reliability, and construct and face validity. Internal consistency of the Greek ADKS was satisfactory (α =.65). A high repeatability of the instrument was found during the retest with 27 GPs (intraclass correlation coefficient = 1.0). Factor analysis showed that all the items from the original instrument can be used in the Greek version. The inter-item correlation revealed a high cross-correlation between the items of the questionnaire (α >.6). The data confirmed the validity of the Greek version of the ADKS for measuring GPs’ knowledge on the diagnosis and management of dementia.
KW - Alzheimer
KW - dementia
KW - knowledge
KW - primary health care
KW - validation
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84930511647&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1177/0163278712474988
DO - 10.1177/0163278712474988
M3 - Article
C2 - 23378485
AN - SCOPUS:84930511647
SN - 0163-2787
VL - 38
SP - 151
EP - 159
JO - Evaluation and the Health Professions
JF - Evaluation and the Health Professions
IS - 2
ER -