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. 2021 Jun 15;18(12):6467. doi: 10.3390/ijerph18126467

Table 1.

Analysis of FSC-PT content validity.

FSC Dimension Item I-CVI PC κ Interpretation
1st Round 2nd Round 1st Round 2nd Round 1st Round 2nd Round 1st Round 2nd Round
Person with dementia 1. Patient’s control over the meal 0.625 1 0.218 0.004 0.52 1 Fair Excellent
2. Meal routine 0.625 1 0.218 0.004 0.52 1 Fair Excellent
3. Adaptive equipment 0.625 0.85 0.218 0.12 0.52 0.72 Fair Good
4. Dentures in 1 - 0.004 - 1 - Excellent Excellent
5. Glasses in 1 - 0.004 - 1 - Excellent Excellent
6. Hearing aids in use 0.75 1 0.12 0.004 0.72 1 Good Excellent
7. Patient’s food preference 0.625 1 0.218 0.004 0.52 1 Fair Excellent
8. Safe sitting position 0.625 1 0.218 0.004 0.52 1 Fair Excellent
9. Swallowing problem 0.625 0.875 0.218 0.0313 0.52 0.87 Fair Excellent
10. Oral care 0.875 - 0.0313 - 0.87 - Excellent Excellent
Caregiver 11. Demonstrate the skill needed 0.75 0.875 0.12 0.0313 0.72 0.87 Good Excellent
12. Sit beside and talk to the resident 0.875 - 0.0313 - 0.87 - Excellent Excellent
13. Pause between courses 0.75 0.875 0.12 0.0313 0.72 0.87 Good Excellent
14. Hand-over-hand feeding technique 0.875 - 0.0313 - 0.87 - Excellent Excellent
15. Wipe the resident’s mouth and chin 0.75 0.875 0.12 0.0313 0.72 0.87 Good Excellent
16. Clean up spills 0.625 1 0.218 0.004 0.52 1 Fair Excellent
17. Remove tray 0.75 1 0.12 0.004 0.72 1 Good Excellent
Environment 18. Monitoring noise level 1 - 0.004 - 1 - Excellent Excellent
19. Limiting traffic in the room 1 - 0.004 - 1 - Excellent Excellent
20. Resident sitting in same area 0.875 - 0.0313 - 0.87 - Excellent Excellent
21. Adequate lighting 1 - 0.004 - 1 - Excellent Excellent
22. Present foods one at a time 0.875 - 0.0313 - 0.87 - Excellent Excellent
23. Contrasting placemat 1 - 0.004 - 1 - Excellent Excellent
24. Set up the patient’s tray 0.875 - 0.0313 - 0.87 - Excellent Excellent
Mean 0.807 0.945

PC was calculated using the formula [N!/A! (N − A)!] where N = the number of experts and A = the number of experts who agree that the item is relevant. Kappa was calculated using the formula κ = CVI − PC/(1 − PC). Interpretation criteria for κ [29,31]: fair = κ from 0.40 to 0.59; good = κ from 0.60 to 0.74; excellent = κ > 0.74. CVI, content validity index; FSC-PT, Portuguese version of the Feeding Skills Checklist; PC, probability of change.