RT Journal Article
T1 Validation of the Spanish version of the Edinburgh Feeding Evaluation in Dementia Scale for older people with dementia
A1 Saucedo Figueredo, María del Carmen
A1 Morilla-Herrera, Juan Carlos
A1 San Alberto Giraldos, Mercedes
A1 López-Leiva, María Inmaculada
A1 León-Campos, Álvaro
A1 Martí-García, Celia
A1 García-Mayor, Silvia
A1 Kaknani-Uttumchandani, Shakira
A1 Morales-Asencio, José Miguel
K1 Demencia
AB AimsTo adapt the Edinburgh Feeding Evaluation in Dementia Scale (EdFED) for use in a Spanish-speaking population and to assess its validity and reliability in patients with dementia.MethodA cross-sectional study was carried out in two stages: 1. Cross-cultural adaptation (translation, back-translation, review by committee of experts, pilot test and weighting of results); 2. Clinimetric validation comprising interobserver reliability assessment, test-retest reliability and internal consistency. To determine construct validity, confirmatory factorial analysis and principal components analysis were performed by oblique rotations. Criteria validity was analysed using the Pearson correlation (p<0.05) with the BMI, MNA and analytical values of albumin, transferrin, cholesterol, absolute lymphocytes and total proteins.Data collection was carried out for six months in 2016 in nursing homes and Alzheimer’s day centers in the province of Málaga (Spain), at nine centers, with 262 patients (aged over 60 years and presenting feeding difficulties), 20 nurses, 20 professional caregivers and 103 family caregivers.ResultsA version of EdFED culturally adapted to Spanish was obtained. The sample presented the following characteristics: 76.3% women, mean age 82.3 years (SD: 7.9); MNA 18.73 (SD: 4.44); BMI 23.99 (SD: 4.72); serum albumin 3.79 mg/dl (SD: 0.36). A Cronbach’s alpha of 0.88 was obtained, with an inter-item global correlation of 0.43 and a homogeneity index ranging from 0.42 to 0.73. The exploratory factor analysis reproduced the three-factor model identified by the original authors, explaining 62.32% of the total variance. The criterion validity showed a good inverse correlation with MNA and a moderate one with albumin, total proteins, transferrin and BMI.
PB Plos One
YR 2018
FD 2018-02-27
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10630/33515
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10630/33515
LA eng
NO Saucedo Figueredo MC, Morilla Herrera JC, San Alberto Giraldos M, López Leiva I, León Campos Á, Martí García C, et al. (2018) Validation of the Spanish version of the Edinburgh Feeding Evaluation in Dementia Scale for older people with dementia. PLoS ONE 13(2): e0192690. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0192690
DS RIUMA. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Málaga
RD 20 ene 2026