COCOA: A New Validated Instrument to Assess Medical Students' Attitudes towards Older Adults

Autor/inn/en	Hollar, David; Roberts, Ellen; Busby-Whitehead, Jan
Titel	COCOA: A New Validated Instrument to Assess Medical Students' Attitudes towards Older Adults
Quelle	In: Educational Gerontology, 37 (2011) 3, S.193-209 (17 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0360-1277
Schlagwörter	Medical Students; Student Attitudes; Older Adults; Measures (Individuals); Validity; Reliability; Surveys; Geriatrics; Models; Goodness of Fit; Attitude Measures; Aging (Individuals); Factor Analysis; Comparative Analysis + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Schülerverhalten; Älterer Erwachsener; Messdaten; Gültigkeit; Reliabilität; Survey; Umfrage; Befragung; Alterswissenschaft; Geriatrie; Analogiemodell; Aging; Altern; Faktorenanalyse
Abstract	This study tested the reliability and validity of the Carolina Opinions on Care of Older Adults (COCOA) survey compared with the Geriatric Assessment Survey (GAS). Participants were first year medical students (n = 160). A Linear Structural Relations (LISREL) measurement model for COCOA had a moderately strong fit that was significantly better than the null model (GFI = 0.81, TLI = 0.90) and the GAS (GFI = 0.76). A reduced, 24-item COCOA performed well (GFI = 0.90, TLI = 1.00) with R[superscript 2] = 0.595 on five factors. The COCOA and GAS represent complementary instruments for assessing attitudes towards older adults. (Contains 5 tables and 3 figures.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10