The Impact of Feeding on the Parent and Family Scales (Feeding Impact Scales): Development and psychometric testing

The Feeding Impact Scales are a parent-reported measure of the impact of feeding on the parent and family. The Parent Impact Scale is a 12 item scale and the Family Impact Scale is a 13 item scale. In this paper, we present the development of these scale and provide evidence of acceptable internal consistency reliability and convergent validity.

Authors: Hayley Estrem, Britt Pados, Jinhee Park, Suzanne Thoyre, Cara McComish, & Tam Nguyen

Publication Information: Journal of Nursing Measurement. 2020; 29(3). doi: 10.1891/JNM-D-20-00008

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