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The Edinburgh Feeding Evaluation in Dementai Scale #2 (EdFED #2): convergent and discriminant validity

The Edinburgh Feeding Evaluation in Dementai Scale #2 (EdFED #2): convergent and discriminant validity
The Edinburgh Feeding Evaluation in Dementai Scale #2 (EdFED #2): convergent and discriminant validity
The increasing feeding difficulty of older people with dementia is well documented (Watson 1993, 1994). However, there is a paucity of validated instruments for the assessment of feeding difficulty in older people with dementia which can be used to guide practice. The scale properties, reliability (Watson 1996) and some aspects of the validity have previously been reported (Watson 1997). This short report describes continuing work on the Edinburgh Feeding Evaluation in Dementia Scale #2 (EdFED #2) and demonstrates the reliability of the EdFED #2 and its convergence with a scale measuring nutritional risk and discrimination from scales measuring unrelated aspects of feeding difficulty.
Edinburgh Feeding Evaluation in Dementai Scale, dementia, feeding, nutrition, reliability, validity
1361-9004
44-46
Watson, R.
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Green, S.M.
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Legg, L.
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Watson, R.
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Green, S.M.
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Legg, L.
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Watson, R., Green, S.M. and Legg, L. (2001) The Edinburgh Feeding Evaluation in Dementai Scale #2 (EdFED #2): convergent and discriminant validity. Clinical Effectiveness in Nursing, 5 (1), 44-46. (doi:10.1054/cein.2000.0169).

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The increasing feeding difficulty of older people with dementia is well documented (Watson 1993, 1994). However, there is a paucity of validated instruments for the assessment of feeding difficulty in older people with dementia which can be used to guide practice. The scale properties, reliability (Watson 1996) and some aspects of the validity have previously been reported (Watson 1997). This short report describes continuing work on the Edinburgh Feeding Evaluation in Dementia Scale #2 (EdFED #2) and demonstrates the reliability of the EdFED #2 and its convergence with a scale measuring nutritional risk and discrimination from scales measuring unrelated aspects of feeding difficulty.

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Published date: 2001
Keywords: Edinburgh Feeding Evaluation in Dementai Scale, dementia, feeding, nutrition, reliability, validity

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Local EPrints ID: 9560
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/9560
ISSN: 1361-9004
PURE UUID: 84c8d958-6ac5-4610-9ccb-6f78f013ce90

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Date deposited: 23 Oct 2004
Last modified: 15 Mar 2024 04:55

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Author: R. Watson
Author: S.M. Green
Author: L. Legg

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