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Validation of the Rainbow Model of Integrated Care Measurement Tool in Parkinson's Disease

  • MDS Study Group on Management of Movement Disorders: Interdisciplinary and Integrated Care
  • Maastricht University, Faculty of Health, Medicine, and Life Sciences
  • Essenburgh Research & Consultancy
  • University Hospital of Marburg
  • University of Cologne
  • Radboud University Medical Centre
  • Radboud University, Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition, and Behaviour
  • The Ottawa Hospital
  • Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
  • Melbourne School of Population and Global Health
  • Struthers Parkinson's Center
  • University of São Paulo
  • University of Pennsylvania, School of Nursing
  • Thomas Jefferson University
  • Clinical Research Centre for Movement Disorders and Gait
  • University of Pecs
  • Tel Aviv Medical Center
  • All India Institute of Medical Sciences

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Abstract

BACKGROUND: Integrated care is essential for improving the management and health outcomes for people with Parkinson's disease (PD); reliable and objective measures of care integration are few.

OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to test the psychometric properties of the Rainbow Model of Integrated Care Measurement Tool (RMIC-MT, provider version) for healthcare professionals involved in PD care.

METHODS: A cross-sectional survey was administered online to an international network representing 95 neurology centers across 41 countries and 588 healthcare providers. Exploratory factor analysis with principal axis extraction method was used to assess construct validity. Confirmatory factor analysis was used to evaluate model fit of the RMIC-MT provider version. Cronbach's alpha was used to assess the internal consistency reliability.

RESULTS: Overall, 371 care providers (62% response rate) participated in this study. No item had psychometric sensitivity problems. Nine factors (professional coordination, cultural competence, triple aims outcome, system coordination, clinical coordination, technical competence, community-centeredness, person-centeredness, and organizational coordination) with 42 items were determined by exploratory factor analysis. Cronbach's alpha ranged from 0.76 (clinical coordination) to 0.94 (system coordination) and showed significant correlation among all items in the scale (>0.4), indicating good internal consistency reliability. The confirmatory factor analysis model passed most goodness-of-fit tests, thereby confirming the factor structure of nine categories with a total of 40 items.

CONCLUSIONS: The results provide evidence for the construct validity and other psychometric properties of the provider version of the RMIC-MT to measure integrated care in PD. © 2023 The Authors. Movement Disorders published by Wiley Periodicals LLC on behalf of International Parkinson and Movement Disorder Society.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1253-1261
Number of pages9
JournalMovement disorders : official journal of the Movement Disorder Society
Volume38
Issue number7
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 6 May 2023

Keywords

  • humans
  • reproducibility of results
  • parkinson disease/therapy
  • cross-sectional studies
  • surveys and questionnaires
  • psychometrics
  • delivery of health care, integrated/methods

Research Focus Areas Hanze University of Applied Sciences * (mandatory by Hanze)

  • Healthy Ageing

Research Focus Areas Research Centre or Centre of Expertise * (mandatory by Hanze)

  • Frailty and adequate care

Publinova themes

  • Other
  • Health

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