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Table 8 Convergent and divergent construct validity for use of G-CAP survey with home health care providers

From: Development and testing of the Geriatric Care Assessment Practices (G-CAP) survey

Hypotheses

G-CAP Questions (items)

Pearson’s correlation r

Years of experience in general and in home care will be positively correlated with having heard about the RAI-HC

29 and 20

0.27

30 and 20

0.25

Opinions that client assessment requires observation of a client in their home will be positively correlated with the use of individual observation and interview skills in each domain

19f and 2i

0.33

19f and 4i

0.33

19f and 6d

0.36

19f and 8 l

0.73*

19f and 10 l

0.63*

19f and 12f

0.60*

19f and 14 h

0.39**

19f and 16b

0.44**

19f and 18n

0.44*

Believing assessment involves conversations with providers within and across disciplines will be positively correlated with sharing and receiving information within and across disciplines

19d and 25a

0.24

19d and 25d

0.34

19e and 25b

0.27

19e and 25e

0.27

Believing that standardized assessment tools are part of geriatric assessment will be negatively correlated with the number of years in practice and in home care

19a and 29

−0.43*

19a and 30

−0.36

  1. *p < 0.01 (two-tailed)
  2. **p < 0.05 (two-tailed)