A new instrument to describe indicators of well-being in old-old patients with severe dementia – The Vienna List

Porzsolt, Franz; Kojer, Marina; Schmidl, Martina; Greimel, Elfriede R; Sigle, Jörg; Richter, Joerg; Eisemann, Martin

doi:10.1186/1477-7525-2-10

Health and Quality of Life Outcomes

Table 4 Item severity and Item selectivity

From: A new instrument to describe indicators of well-being in old-old patients with severe dementia – The Vienna List

	Item severity		Item selectivity
Communication	Nurse	Physician	Nurse	Physician
59 Responding to distant calls	0.57	0.63	0.82	0.85
62 Looking for contact	0.53	0.56	0.81	0.71
06 Speaks comprehensibly	0.64	0.69	0.79	0.81
61 Contact possible	0.83	0.90	0.79	0.74
08 Speaks meaningful groups of words	0.59	0.68	0.77	0.82
65 Eats and drinks by him-/herself	0.66	0.68	0.79	0.78
56 Reads newspaper	0.24	0.19	0.69	0.64
14 Carries out simple orders	0.39	0.64	0.73	0.84
32 Maintains visual contact	0.72	0.74	0.65	0.71
31 Visual contact possible	0.80	0.85	0.63	0.72
13 Comprehends single words	0.89	0.88	0.63	0.81
50 Uses both hands intentionally	0.62	0.67	0.70	0.79
64 Worries about others	0.25	0.23	0.65	0.63
60 Rings the bell	0.29	0.31	0.58	0.67
15 Carries out complicated orders	0.08	0.24	0.47	0.64
Negative Affect
18 Full of despair	0.40	0.43	0.82	0.86
22 Sad/crying	0.32	0.36	0.77	0.75
03 Whining voice	0.33	0.32	0.72	0.83
24 Nervous/anxious	0.37	0.40	0.76	0.75
27 Wailing	0.30	0.31	0.69	0.80
17 Tensed	0.36	0.43	0.73	0.72
25 Resignated	0.27	0.38	0.65	0.63
54 Restless/confused	0.25	0.31	0.62	0.59
53 Problems to fall asleep	0.25	0.36	0.59	0.49
47 Muscular tension	0.37	0.43	0.60	0.62
Bodily Contact
35 Bodily contact possible at shoulders	0.77	0.87	0.92	0.78
34 Bodily contact possible at arms	0.81	0.91	0.90	0.80
33 Bodily contact possible at hands	0.82	0.94	0.88	0.73
36 Bodily contact possible at the head	0.63	0.63	0.91	0.88
37 Bodily contact possible in the face	0.56	0.55	0.88	0.84
Aggression
04 Aggressive voice	0.27	0.27	0.89	0.90
19 Aggressive acts	0.21	0.19	0.85	0.84
01 Loud voice	0.32	0.33	0.80	0.80
29 Insulting others	0.23	0.22	0.81	0.88
Mobility
40 Walking upright	0.37	0.40	0.92	0.95
41 Walking straightup to	0.33	0.36	0.87	0.87
57 Departs from ward	0.07	0.05	0.53	0.46
42 Wanders around	0.16	0.17	0.53	0.62
43 Sitting upright	0.57	0.57	0.80	0.81
55 Ready to help on ward	0.13	0.09	0.55	0.54

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