Desarrollo y validación de la Escala DomusVi de Competencia

Background: New tools are needed to enable the combined influence of cognitive and non-cognitive variables to be assessed and to gauge an individual’s competence to make decisions. Method: The first version of the DomusVi Scale includes 22 dichotomous items grouped under six dimensions. In the validation process, 25 care homes were involved and 93 individuals were assessed. Results: The results seem to indicate that there is high inter-rater reliability for all items. Two items were discarded, thereby giving a Cronbach alpha of 0.824. The factorial analysis confirms the existence of 4 factors: Discernment, Information, Constraints and Expectations. We propose a preliminary rating for the DomusVi Scale so that an individual’s competence is classified as one of four possible levels. Conclusion: The DomusVi Scale may be a suitable measure for assessing an individual’s competence to make decisions that affect their lives.