Development and psychometric evaluation of the German version of the Medication Regimen Complexity Index (MRCI-D).

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Development and psychometric evaluation of the German version of the Medication Regimen Complexity Index (MRCI-D). / Stange, Dorit; Kriston, Levente; Langebrake, Claudia; Cameron, Lynda K; Wollacott, John D; Baehr, Michael; Dartsch, Dorothee C.

in: J EVAL CLIN PRACT, Jahrgang 18, Nr. 3, 3, 2012, S. 515-522.

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title = "Development and psychometric evaluation of the German version of the Medication Regimen Complexity Index (MRCI-D).",
abstract = "Background? Several factors contribute to the complexity of pharmacotherapeutic regimens, like the total number of medications to be taken, the number of dosage units to take at a time, dosage frequency, as well as specific directions concerning the administration. The Medication Regimen Complexity Index (MRCI) is a validated instrument developed in English for the measurement of the complexity of a given pharmacotherapeutic regimen. Objectives? Translation of the MRCI into German and evaluation of the translated instrument (MRCI-D) in order to make it more easily accessible for use in German practice and research. Methods? The process of validation included the translation of the English version to German, back-translation into English, comparison of the back-translated and the original versions, pre-tests, and pilot-testing of the German version by three raters using 20 medication regimens for inpatients. The subsequent psychometric evaluation included the calculation of inter-rater and test-retest reliability, as well as the assessment of convergent validity. Results? The number of medications correlated highly and statistically significantly with the MRCI-D score (0.91, P?",
author = "Dorit Stange and Levente Kriston and Claudia Langebrake and Cameron, {Lynda K} and Wollacott, {John D} and Michael Baehr and Dartsch, {Dorothee C}",
year = "2012",
language = "English",
volume = "18",
pages = "515--522",
journal = "J EVAL CLIN PRACT",
issn = "1356-1294",
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T1 - Development and psychometric evaluation of the German version of the Medication Regimen Complexity Index (MRCI-D).

AU - Stange, Dorit

AU - Kriston, Levente

AU - Langebrake, Claudia

AU - Cameron, Lynda K

AU - Wollacott, John D

AU - Baehr, Michael

AU - Dartsch, Dorothee C

PY - 2012

Y1 - 2012

N2 - Background? Several factors contribute to the complexity of pharmacotherapeutic regimens, like the total number of medications to be taken, the number of dosage units to take at a time, dosage frequency, as well as specific directions concerning the administration. The Medication Regimen Complexity Index (MRCI) is a validated instrument developed in English for the measurement of the complexity of a given pharmacotherapeutic regimen. Objectives? Translation of the MRCI into German and evaluation of the translated instrument (MRCI-D) in order to make it more easily accessible for use in German practice and research. Methods? The process of validation included the translation of the English version to German, back-translation into English, comparison of the back-translated and the original versions, pre-tests, and pilot-testing of the German version by three raters using 20 medication regimens for inpatients. The subsequent psychometric evaluation included the calculation of inter-rater and test-retest reliability, as well as the assessment of convergent validity. Results? The number of medications correlated highly and statistically significantly with the MRCI-D score (0.91, P?

AB - Background? Several factors contribute to the complexity of pharmacotherapeutic regimens, like the total number of medications to be taken, the number of dosage units to take at a time, dosage frequency, as well as specific directions concerning the administration. The Medication Regimen Complexity Index (MRCI) is a validated instrument developed in English for the measurement of the complexity of a given pharmacotherapeutic regimen. Objectives? Translation of the MRCI into German and evaluation of the translated instrument (MRCI-D) in order to make it more easily accessible for use in German practice and research. Methods? The process of validation included the translation of the English version to German, back-translation into English, comparison of the back-translated and the original versions, pre-tests, and pilot-testing of the German version by three raters using 20 medication regimens for inpatients. The subsequent psychometric evaluation included the calculation of inter-rater and test-retest reliability, as well as the assessment of convergent validity. Results? The number of medications correlated highly and statistically significantly with the MRCI-D score (0.91, P?

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VL - 18

SP - 515

EP - 522

JO - J EVAL CLIN PRACT

JF - J EVAL CLIN PRACT

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