Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To assess the reliability and validity of a shortened version of the Rainbow Model of Integrated Care (RMIC) measurement tool (MT). The original version of the measurement tool has been modified (shortened) for the Australian context.
DESIGN: Validation of the psychometric properties of the RMIC-MT.
SETTING: Healthcare providers providing services to a geographically defined rural area in New South Wales (NSW), Australia.
PARTICIPANTS: A sample of 56 healthcare providers providing mental and physical healthcare.
MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: The psychometric properties of the tool were tested using principal component analysis for validity and Cronbach's alpha for reliability.
RESULTS: The tool was shown to have good validity and reliability. The 35 items used in the shortened version of the tool were reduced to 29 items grouped into four dimensions: community-governance orientation, normative integration, functional integration and clinical-professional coordination.
CONCLUSIONS: The shortened version of the RMIC-MT is a valid and reliable tool that evaluates integrated care from a healthcare provider's perspective in NSW, Australia. In order to assess the tool's appropriateness in an international context, future studies should focus on validating the tool in other healthcare settings.
| Original language | English |
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| Article number | e027920 |
| Number of pages | 8 |
| Journal | BMJ Open |
| Volume | 9 |
| Issue number | 12 |
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| Publication status | Published - 18 Dec 2019 |
Keywords
- delivery of health care, integrated/methods
- health personnel/statistics & numerical data
- humans
- New South Wales
- psychometrics
- reproducibility of results
- surveys and questionnaires/statistics & numerical data