ワカバヤシ ヒデタカ   Wakabayashi Hidetaka
  若林 秀隆
   所属   医学部 医学科(東京女子医科大学病院)
   職種   教授・基幹分野長
論文種別 原著
言語種別 英語
査読の有無 査読あり
表題 Reliability and Validity of a Simplified Comprehensive Assessment Tool for Feeding Support: Kuchi-Kara Taberu Index.
掲載誌名 正式名:Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
略  称:J Am Geriatr Soc
ISSNコード:15325415/00028614
掲載区分国外
巻・号・頁 64(12),pp.e248-e252
著者・共著者 Maeda Keisuke, Shamoto Hiroshi, Wakabayashi Hidetaka, Enomoto Junko, Takeichi Mika, Koyama Tamami
発行年月 2016/12
概要 OBJECTIVES:To verify the reliability and validity and develop an English version of an instrument (Kuchi-Kara Taberu Index (KT Index)) to comprehensively assess and intervene in problems with eating and swallowing.DESIGN:Multicenter cross-sectional study.SETTING:Nursing homes.PARTICIPANTS:Individuals aged 65 and older (mean age 88.3 ± 6.8; 80.0% female) who had lived in a nursing home for longer than 1 month (N = 115).MEASUREMENTS:The KT index consisted of 13 items: desire to eat, overall condition, respiratory condition, oral condition, cognitive function while eating, oral preparatory and propulsive phases, dysphagia severity, position and endurance while eating, eating, daily life, food intake level, food modification, and nutrition. Weighted kappa coefficients, Cronbach alpha, and Spearman rank correlation coefficients were determined.RESULTS:Weighted kappa values in the inter- and intrarater reliability tests ranged from 0.54 to 0.96 and 0.68 to 0.98, respectively. Cronbach alpha was 0.892. Spearman rank correlation coefficients (r) between the total KT index and external criteria were determined (Functional Oral Intake Scale, r = 0.790; Barthel Index, r = 0.830; Mini Nutritional Assessment Short Form, r = 0.582; Cognitive Performance Scale, r = -0.673; all P < .001). Similar correlations were observed when some items related to each external criterion were removed from the total KT index. Translation-retranslation procedures were conducted to develop an English version of the KT index.CONCLUSION:The study provided evidence of the reliability and validity of the KT index and developed an English version. Future studies regarding validation of health-related quality of life indices and their effect on clinical courses of eating and swallowing conditions are needed.
DOI 10.1111/jgs.14508
PMID 27996109