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Measuring client satisfaction with home-based respite services

Gerontology Research Coordinator, University of Central Florida, Winter Park, Florida

Robin Griffin, MSN

Margaret Sauer, MSW

University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida

Charlotte Milspaugh, MSW

Brevard Alzheimer's Foundation, Melbourne, Florida

This descriptive study investigates the validity and reliability of the home-based respite services tool (HBRST) which was developed to measure client satisfaction with home-based respite care (HBRC) and determine the degree to which caregivers were satisfied with the respite services they received in a newly-developed AmeriCorps home-based respite program. A convenience sample of 77 caregivers completed the HBRST. Reliability testing showed that the HBRST had high internal consistency (Chronbach's alpha = 0.82 and high stability (r = 0.92; p 0.001). Validity testing with a criterion measure also showed a significant positive correlation (r =.40, p < .01). Thus, the HBRST is a methodologically sound instrument that can be used to evaluate caregiver satisfaction with home-based respite services.

American Journal of Alzheimer's Disease and Other Dementias®, Vol. 14, No. 6, 357-363 (1999)
DOI: 10.1177/153331759901400601


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