Validating the Alberta Context Tool for Healthcare Aides in Nursing Homes
Author Information
Author(s): Carole A Estabrooks, Janet E Squires, Leslie A Hayduk, Greta G Cummings, Peter G Norton
Primary Institution: University of Alberta
Hypothesis
The Alberta Context Tool (ACT) can effectively measure organizational context in nursing homes and predict research utilization.
Conclusion
The study provides additional support for the construct validity of the ACT when used by healthcare aides in nursing homes.
Supporting Evidence
- Item-total correlations exceeded acceptable standards for the majority of items.
- Statistically significant correlations were found between 8 of the 10 ACT concepts and research utilization.
- The ACT was developed to assess organizational context in nursing homes.
Takeaway
This study shows that a tool called the Alberta Context Tool can help understand how the environment in nursing homes affects care and the use of research.
Methodology
The study used confirmatory factor analysis and other statistical methods to assess the validity and reliability of the ACT based on data from healthcare aides in nursing homes.
Limitations
The study is limited to healthcare aides who speak English as their first language, and some items showed misfit in the analysis.
Participant Demographics
{"gender":{"male":32,"female":609},"age":{"<20":10,"20-29":100,"30-39":111,"40-49":199,"50-59":162,"60-69":62,">70":0},"shift":{"day":339,"evening":203,"night":103},"education":{"high_school":563,"HCA_certificate":540,"other_diploma_degree":231}}
Statistical Information
Statistical Significance
p<0.05
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
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