The Validity and Reliability Study of Turkish Version of the Sense of Competence in Dementia Care Staff (SCIDS) Scale

The purpose of the study is to adapt the SCIDS into the Turkish version and validate it in the social and cultural context of Turkey to assess staff competency in dementia care in the long-term care setting.

Study Overview

• Status: Not yet recruiting
• Conditions: Dementia
• Intervention / Treatment: Other: Questionnaire

Detailed Description

Most existing tools measuring care adequacy are targeted at family caregivers. Tools targeting formal dementia carers have focused primarily on dementia care knowledge, care attitudes and care workloads separately. There is less research investigating the assessment of competence in dementia care among formal healthcare staffs. There is no validated tool to accurately assess staff competency in dementia care in the long-term care setting in Turkey. Schepers et al. developed a scale dedicated to assessing Sense of Competence in Dementia Care Staff, including relationship building, maintaining personality, professionalism, and care challenges. Today, the scale has been used to evaluate the effectiveness of training programs and has demonstrated its applicability.

• Study Type: Observational
• Enrollment (Estimated): 80

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: Adult; Older Adult
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

• Sampling Method: Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

Working as a dementia care staff in Acıbadem Health Group

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• Working as a dementia care staff for at least 1 year

Exclusion Criteria:

• Not volunteering

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Number of groups / cohorts

1

Cohorts and Interventions

Group / Cohort	Intervention / Treatment
healthcare professionals who care for patients with dementia; Participants will be selected by healthcare professionals who care for patients with dementia. At the first meeting, participants will be informed about the study, will be screened for inclusion criteria, and a written informed consent form will be obtained before testing.	Other: Questionnaire; Sense of Competence in Dementia Care Staff (SCIDS) Scale

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Sense of Competence in Dementia Care Staff Scale	This scale includes competence in the field of dementia clinical practice, knowledge, skills and attitudes regarding dementia care. Scoring All items are scored from 1 (Not at all) to 4 (Very much). Higher scores mean a higher level of sense of confidence. Scores are added up for items from 1 to 17 for the overall SOCID-S score (ranging from 17 to 68) and for the subscales as follows: Professionalism: 7, 8, 9, 10, 12 (scores ranging from 5 to 20); Building Relationships: 1, 2, 3, 4 (scores ranging from 4 to 12); Care Challenges: 13, 14, 15, 17 (scores ranging from 4 to 12); and Sustaining Personhood: 5, 6, 11, 16 (scores ranging from 4 to 12)	Change from Baseline Scores at one week

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Caring Behaviors Inventory-24	Its correlation with Sense of Efficacy in Dementia Care Personnel will be conducted for construct validity. Assurance (8 items = 16, 17, 18, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24), knowledge-skill (5 items = 9, 10, 11, 12, 15), being respectful (6 items = 1, 3, It consists of 4 subgroups and 24 items: 5, 6, 13, 19) and commitment (5 items = 2, 4, 7, 8, 14), and a 6-point Likert-type scale (1 = never, 2 = almost never, 3=sometimes, 4=usually, 5=most of the time, 6=always) is used for the responses. As the subscale and total scale scores increase, the level of care quality perception of patients or nurses increases.	Change from Baseline Scores at one week

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Yeditepe University
• Collaborators: Acibadem University

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Estimated): June 10, 2024
• Primary Completion (Estimated): July 1, 2024
• Study Completion (Estimated): September 1, 2024

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: March 1, 2024
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: March 1, 2024
• First Posted (Actual): March 7, 2024

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): May 6, 2024
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: May 2, 2024
• Last Verified: May 1, 2024

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: dementia; validity; reliability; Turkish version; dementia care staff; sense of competence in dementia care staff scale
• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Mental Disorders; Brain Diseases; Central Nervous System Diseases; Nervous System Diseases; Neurocognitive Disorders; Dementia
• Other Study ID Numbers: ATADEK-2023/16

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: UNDECIDED

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No