Instrument:

The Mind the Gap Scale – parent version

Implementation
outcome:

Acceptability

Instrument summary:

27-item scale assessing satisfaction with transitional heath care among parents/guardians of adolescents with a chronic illness

Level of analysis:

Consumer

Country of application:

UK

Psychometric quality
(ConPsyCL):

7 / 22

Global reliability
score (COSMIN):

Excellent

Global validity
score (COSMIN):

Excellent

Responsiveness
score (COSMIN):

Not assessed

Usability score:

Good

27 items

Reference:

Shaw KL, Southwood TR, McDonagh JE, British Society of Paediatric and Adolescent Rheumatology.

Development and preliminary validation of the 'Mind the Gap' scale to assess satisfaction with transitional health care among adolescents with juvenile idiopathic arthritis

Child Care Health Dev. 2007;33(4):380-8

Psychometric quality
(ConPsyCL):

ConPsyCL score:

7 / 22

Reliability (Max 5pts)

Internal consistency (Max 3pts)

1 / 1Item internal consistency
/ Item total correlation

1 / 2Alpha

 

Test-retest or inter-rater (Max 2pts)

0 / 1 Item level

0 / 1 Factor level

 

Validity (Max 5pts)

1 / 1 Content validity

1 / 1 Face validity

0 / 1 Convergent validity

0 / 1 Discriminant validity

1 / 1 Discriminative validity

 

Factor Analysis (Max 12pts)

1 / 1 Adequacy measures

1 / 1 Kaiser criterion

0 / 1 Variance explained
/ Parallel analysis

0 / 1 Main loadings

0 / 4 EFA goodness of fit

0 / 4 CFA Goodness of fit

 

0 / -2 Penalty

Methodological quality:
(COSMIN)

Reliability

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Internal consistency

Excellent

Reliability

Not assessed

Measurement error

Not assessed

Global reliability score

Excellent

Validity

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Content validity

Excellent

Structural validity

Excellent

Hypotheses testing

Not assessed

Cross-cultural validity

Not assessed

Criterion validity

Not assessed

Global validity score

Excellent

Responsiveness

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Responsiveness

Not assessed