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Published in final edited form as: Ann N Y Acad Sci. 2021 Jul 26;1505(1):23–39. doi: 10.1111/nyas.14667

Table 3.

Summary of quality assessment criteria scores for instruments developed and/or used in persons with dementia and their caregivers during mealtime care (N = 26 instruments)

Criteria score	Sample size: no. of items	Reliability, n (%)			Validity, n (%)
Criteria score	Sample size: no. of items	Internal consistency	Intra-rater reliability	Inter-rater reliability	Content validity	Concurrent validity	Predictive validity	Convergent validity	Divergent validity	Known group difference	Structural validity
0	16 (61.5)	25 (96.2)	23 (88.5)	12 (46.2)	26 (100)	26 (100.0)	23 (88.5)	18 (69.2)	25 (96.2)	14 (54.0)	26 (100)
1	8 (30.8)	1 (3.8)	1 (3.8)	10 (38.5)	0	0	2 (7.7)	5 (19.2)	0	4 (15.3)	0
2	2 (7.7)	0	2 (7.7)	4 (15.3)	0	0	1 (3.8)	3 (11.6)	1 (3.8)	8 (30.7)	0