ArticleThe Gerontologist2018
Development and Inter-Rater Reliability of the Mealtime Scan for Long-Term Care.
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- How do we provide good mealtime care for people with dementia living in care homes? A systematic review of carer-resident interactions.Dementia (London, England) · 2021Pooled it
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- Protocol for a Field Trial of a Hearing and Vision Support Intervention for People Living in Long-Term Care in Australia.Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy · 2025Article
- Nutritional Care for Institutionalized Persons with Dementia: An Integrative Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Review
- Italian guidance on Dementia Day Care Centres: A position paper.Aging clinical and experimental research · 2023Review
- Person-centred and task-centred care: Impact on mealtime behaviours in nursing home residents with dementia.International journal of older people nursing · 2023Article
- Ease of use, feasibility and inter-rater reliability of the refined Cue Utilization and Engagement in Dementia (CUED) mealtime video-coding scheme.Journal of advanced nursing · 2020Article
- Inter-Rater Reliability of the Mealtime Scan+.The journal of nutrition, health & aging · 2019Article
- Mixed methods developmental evaluation of the CHOICE program: a relationship-centred mealtime intervention for long-term care.BMC geriatrics · 2018Article
- Construct validity of the Dining Environment Audit Protocol: a secondary data analysis of the Making Most of Mealtimes (M3) study.BMC geriatrics · 2018Article
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Abstract
Background and Objectives: Poor food intake is common in long-term care (LTC). The mealtime experience has been identified as influential, yet, research has been limited by lack of quality, standardized measures. The purpose of this study was to develop and test for inter-rater reliability the Mealtime Scan (MTS), an observational measure. Research Design and Methods: MTS was derived from the literature on ambiance, mealtime experience, social interactions at mealtimes, and social models of care. Three scales on person-centered care and physical and social environments are used to summarize key aspects observed with MTS. Two raters assessed MTS for reliability at 30 different meals conducted in 10 dining rooms, within three LTC residences. Intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC) was used to assess reliability. Results: MTS demonstrated good to excellent reliability on the three summative scales (physical ICC = 0.73, social ICC = 0.81, person-centered care ICC = 0.83) and other scalable items had good to excellent reliability (e.g., background noise ICC = 0.65, Mealtime Relational Care checklist: negative interactions ICC = 0.85). Discussion and Implications: MTS is reliable and face valid for assessing mealtime experience. Future work will explore construct validity of this measure. MTS can be used to support improving the mealtime experience for residents living in LTC.
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