One-year stability of the Measure of Processes of Care |
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Authors: | Siebes R C Wijnroks L Ketelaar M van Schie P E M Vermeer A Gorter J W |
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Affiliation: | Langeveld Institute for the Study of Education and Development in Childhood and Adolescence, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands. R.Siebes@fss.uu.nl |
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Abstract: | BACKGROUND: The Measure of Processes of Care (MPOC) is a 56-item self-administered measure designed to examine what parents of a child with a chronic health problem think of the services they and their child receive, and to measure the extent to which these services are family-centred. Reliability and validity of the MPOC were established in prior studies. The aim of the present study was to assess the 1-year stability of the MPOC to justify its use as an evaluative tool. METHODS: Nine paediatric rehabilitation centres in the Netherlands participated in this short longitudinal survey study. Subjects were 205 parents (response rate 74.8%) of children aged 1-18 years who received care in one of the participating paediatric rehabilitation centres. All subjects filled out two MPOCs with a 1-year interval. RESULTS: All correlations between the scale scores of the MPOC at the first and second administration were relatively high and significant (range: 0.443-0.609, all P < 0.001), demonstrating high inter-individual stability. However, all mean scale scores, except for Providing General Information, significantly reduced after 1 year. CONCLUSIONS: The MPOC has a moderate 1-year stability. However, because of its tendency to score lower when repeated after 1 year, its use as an evaluative follow-up instrument to assess the effectiveness of a programme intervention is restricted. |
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Keywords: | childhood disability family-centred service Measure of Processes of Care parental satisfaction rehabilitation |
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