Au Wing-cheong. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2003. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 73-91). / Abstracts in English and Chinese. / LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS --- p.i / ACKNOWLEDGEMENT --- p.ii / ABSTRACT --- p.iii / LIST OF TABLES --- p.vii / LIST OF FIGURES --- p.viii / LIST OF APPENDICES --- p.ix / Chapter CHAPTER I. --- INTRODUCTION --- p.1 / Chapter CHAPTER II. --- REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE --- p.3 / The construct of community living skills --- p.3 / Assessment tools for community living skills --- p.6 / The St. Louis Inventory of Community Living Skills --- p.9 / Prediction of community level-of-care --- p.12 / Training community living skills in Hong Kong --- p.15 / Chapter CHAPTER III. --- RATIONALE FOR THE STUDY --- p.17 / de-institutionalization movement and community living skills training --- p.17 / Lack of structured community living skills assessment toolsin Hong Kong --- p.20 / The choice of the SLICLS for cross-cultural validation --- p.21 / Chapter CHAPTER IV. --- GENERAL METHODOLOGICAL CONSIDERATIONS --- p.23 / An introduction to the test construction procedures --- p.23 / An outline of the cross-cultural validation process --- p.24 / Issues concerning reliability of rating scales --- p.26 / Issues concerning validity of rating scales --- p.28 / Chapter CHAPTER V. --- METHOD --- p.31 / Translation of the SLICLS --- p.31 / Content validity of the SLICLS-C --- p.32 / Inter-rater reliability of the SLICLS-C --- p.34 / Internal consistency of the SLICLS-C --- p.35 / Construct validity of the SLICLS-C --- p.36 / Concurrent validity of the SLICLS-C --- p.37 / Predictive validity of the SLICLS-C --- p.38 / Ethical considerations --- p.41 / Chapter CHAPTER VI. --- RESULTS --- p.43 / The SLICLS-C --- p.43 / Content validity of the SLICLS-C --- p.44 / Inter-rater reliability of the SLICLS-C --- p.46 / Internal consistency of the SLICLS-C --- p.48 / Construct validity of the SLICLS-C --- p.49 / Concurrent validity of the SLICLS-C --- p.52 / Predictive validity of the SLICLS-C --- p.54 / Chapter CHAPTER VII. --- DISCUSSION --- p.59 / Validity of the SLICLS-C --- p.59 / Reliability of the SLICLS-C --- p.62 / Accuracy of the SLICLS-C in predicting community level of care --- p.63 / Significance of the study --- p.65 / Limitations of the study --- p.67 / Recommendations for further studies --- p.69 / Chapter CHAPTER VIII. --- CONCLUSION --- p.70 / REFERENCES --- p.73 / APPENDICES --- p.92
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:cuhk.edu.hk/oai:cuhk-dr:cuhk_324476 |
| Date | January 2003 |
| Contributors | Au, Wing-cheong., Chinese University of Hong Kong Graduate School. Division of Medical Sciences. |
| Source Sets | The Chinese University of Hong Kong |
| Language | English, Chinese |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text, bibliography |
| Format | print, ix, 117 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm. |
| Coverage | Hong Kong |
| Rights | Use of this resource is governed by the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons “Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International” License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) |
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