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Validation of the Spanish version of the Edinburgh Feeding Evaluation in Dementia Scale for older people with dementia.

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2018-02-27

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Saucedo Figueredo, María Carmen
Morilla Herrera, Juan Carlos
San Alberto Giraldos, Mercedes
López Leiva, Inmaculada
León Campos, Álvaro
Martí García, Celia
García Mayor, Silvia
Kaknani Uttumchandani, Shakira
Morales Asencio, José Miguel

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To adapt the Edinburgh Feeding Evaluation in Dementia Scale (EdFED) for use in a Spanish-speaking population and to assess its validity and reliability in patients with dementia. A cross-sectional study was carried out in two stages: 1. Cross-cultural adaptation (translation, back-translation, review by committee of experts, pilot test and weighting of results); 2. Clinimetric validation comprising interobserver reliability assessment, test-retest reliability and internal consistency. To determine construct validity, confirmatory factorial analysis and principal components analysis were performed by oblique rotations. Criteria validity was analysed using the Pearson correlation (p A version of EdFED culturally adapted to Spanish was obtained. The sample presented the following characteristics: 76.3% women, mean age 82.3 years (SD: 7.9); MNA 18.73 (SD: 4.44); BMI 23.99 (SD: 4.72); serum albumin 3.79 mg/dl (SD: 0.36). A Cronbach's alpha of 0.88 was obtained, with an inter-item global correlation of 0.43 and a homogeneity index ranging from 0.42 to 0.73. The exploratory factor analysis reproduced the three-factor model identified by the original authors, explaining 62.32% of the total variance. The criterion validity showed a good inverse correlation with MNA and a moderate one with albumin, total proteins, transferrin and BMI. The Spanish version of EdFED is reliable and valid for use in elderly people with dementia. The most appropriate for our environment is the three-factor model, which maintains the original factors, with a slight redistribution of the items.

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Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Dementia
Eating
Female
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Reproducibility of Results
Spain

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