Validation of Minimum Data Set for Home Care Assessment Instrument (MDS-HC) for Hong Kong Chinese Elders

Reciprocal relationship between pain and depression in elderly Chinese primary care patients

“…Higher scores indicated a higher level of depressive symptoms. The validity of this scale has been demonstrated in a previous study (Kwan et al, 2000) and Cronbach alpha of the scale in this sample was 0.76. (preparing meals, household chores, financial management, medication, using telephone, shopping, and transportation) and each item was rated on a three-point scales: 0 (no difficulty); 1 (some difficulty) and 2 (great difficulty) by asking participants how difficult for them to perform those activities.…”

Hong Kong: Embracing a Fast Aging Society With Limited Welfare

“…For example, Lam and colleagues (2008b) developed a short cognitive screening tool for mild cognitive impairment and Cheng and colleagues (2010) developed a four-item measure for depression and suicide screening in the community for early detection and intervention. Kwan, Chi, Lam, Lam, and Chou (2000) introduced the Minimum Data Set-Home Care instrument to HK, which was adopted as the standardized assessment instrument for government-funded LTC services. Moreover, data collection is difficult in HK.…”

Home Care Quality Indicators (HCQIs) Based on the MDS-HC

“…The MDS-HC differs from the OASIS in that it is designed to serve multiple functions including care planning, eligibility screening, case mix, outcome measurement, and QIs (Hirdes et al, 1999a;Morris, Carpenter, Berg, & Jones, 2000). Reliability and validity of the MDS-HC data elements and its embedded scales have been demonstrated through a series of on-going international studies (e.g., Kwan, Chi, Lam, Lam, & Chou, 2000;Landi et al, 2000;Morris et al, 1997). For example, a five-country trial of inter-rater reliability showed an average weighted kappa of 0.74 for the MDS-HC items (Morris et al, 1997).…”