Kurimoto Ayumi, Awata Shuichi, Ohkubo Takayoshi, Tsubota-Utsugi Megumi, Asayama Kei, Takahashi Kouko, Suenaga Katsuko, Satoh Hiroshi, Imai Yutaka
Nursing Science of Community Health Care Systems, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine.
Nihon Ronen Igakkai Zasshi. 2011;48(2):149-57. doi: 10.3143/geriatrics.48.149.
To investigate the reliability and validity of the Japanese version of the abbreviated Lubben Social Network Scale (LSNS-6), which is used worldwide as a screening tool for social isolation in elderly individuals.
An interview-format questionnaire survey was given to 232 elderly community residents undergoing general health checkups. In addition to the Japanese version of the LSNS-6, other questionnaire items regarding social support, the Japanese version of the Zung Self-Rating Depression Scale (SDS), base attributes, and self-ratings of health, physical function and suicidal ideation were obtained. The internal consistency, test-retest, and interrater reliability of the Japanese version of the LSNS-6 were determined using the Cronbach α correlation, Spearman correlation, and intraclass correlation coefficients, respectively. Construct validity was investigated by comparison with the results of a previous study, while concurrent validity was determined in relation to SDS scores as well as questionnaire items on social support.
The Cronbach α coefficient was 0.82, the correlation coefficient for the test-retest was 0.92 (P<0.001), and the intraclass correlation coefficient for interrater reliability was 0.96 (95% confidence interval [CI] 0.90-0.99). Mean scores on the Japanese version of the LSNS-6 increased as the number of household members increased (P=0.033), but decreased among elderly individuals at risk of suicide (P=0.026), and tended to decrease among those with a poor self-rated health score (P=0.081). Scores on the Japanese version of the LSNS-6 had a significant negative correlation with SDS scores (P<0.001) On 4 of the 5 questionnaire items on social support, and those without social support had significantly lower mean scores on the Japanese version of the LSNS-6 (P<0.05) than those with social support.
We confirmed the reliability and validity of the Japanese version of the abbreviated LSNS-6.
调查日本版简化版鲁本社会网络量表(LSNS - 6)的信度和效度,该量表在全球范围内用作老年人社会隔离的筛查工具。
对232名接受一般健康检查的老年社区居民进行了访谈式问卷调查。除了日本版的LSNS - 6外,还获取了其他有关社会支持的问卷项目、日本版的zung自评抑郁量表(SDS)、基本属性以及健康、身体功能和自杀意念的自评。日本版LSNS - 6的内部一致性、重测信度和评分者间信度分别使用Cronbach α相关性、Spearman相关性和组内相关系数来确定。通过与先前研究的结果进行比较来调查结构效度,同时根据SDS得分以及社会支持问卷项目来确定同时效度。
Cronbach α系数为0.82,重测相关系数为0.92(P<0.001),评分者间信度的组内相关系数为0.96(95%置信区间[CI] 0.90 - 0.99)。日本版LSNS - 6的平均得分随着家庭成员数量的增加而增加(P = 0.033),但在有自杀风险的老年人中得分降低(P = 0.026),并且在自评健康得分较低的人群中得分有下降趋势(P = 0.081)。日本版LSNS - 6的得分与SDS得分呈显著负相关(P<0.001)。在5项社会支持问卷项目中的4项上,没有社会支持的人群在日本版LSNS - 6上的平均得分显著低于有社会支持的人群(P<0.05)。
我们证实了日本版简化版LSNS - 6的信度和效度。