Sadegh Moghadam Leila, Foroughan Mahshid, Mohammadi Shahboulaghi Farahnaz, Ahmadi Fazlollah, Sajjadi Moosa, Farhadi Akram
Iranian Research Center on Aging, University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences, Tehran, Iran; Nursing Department, Gonabad University of Medical Sciences, Gonabad, Iran.
Iranian Research Center on Aging, University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences, Tehran, Iran; Department of Ageing, University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation, Tehran, Iran.
Clin Interv Aging. 2016 May 2;11:507-11. doi: 10.2147/CIA.S101620. eCollection 2016.
Perceptions of aging refer to individuals' understanding of aging within their sociocultural context. Proper measurement of this concept in various societies requires accurate tools.
The present study was conducted with the aim to translate and validate the Brief Aging Perceptions Questionnaire (B-APQ) and assess its psychometric features in Iranian older adults.
In this study, the Persian version of B-APQ was validated for 400 older adults. This questionnaire was translated into Persian according to the Wild et al's model. The Persian version was validated using content, face, and construct (using confirmatory factor analysis) validities, and then its internal consistency and test-retest reliability were measured. Data were analyzed using the statistical software programs SPSS 18 and EQS-6.1.
The confirmatory factor analysis confirmed construct validity and five subscales of B-APQ. Test-retest reliability with 3-week interval produced r=0.94. Cronbach's alpha was found to be 0.75 for the whole questionnaire, and from 0.53 to 0.77 for the five factors.
The Persian version of B-APQ showed favorable validity and reliability, and thus it can be used for measuring different dimensions of perceptions of aging in Iranian older adults.
对衰老的认知是指个体在其社会文化背景下对衰老的理解。在不同社会中对这一概念进行恰当测量需要准确的工具。
本研究旨在翻译并验证简易衰老认知问卷(B-APQ),并评估其在伊朗老年人中的心理测量特征。
在本研究中,对400名老年人验证了B-APQ的波斯语版本。该问卷根据怀尔德等人的模型翻译成波斯语。通过内容效度、表面效度和结构效度(使用验证性因素分析)对波斯语版本进行验证,然后测量其内部一致性和重测信度。使用统计软件程序SPSS 18和EQS-6.1对数据进行分析。
验证性因素分析证实了B-APQ的结构效度和五个子量表。间隔3周的重测信度r = 0.94。整个问卷的克朗巴赫α系数为0.75,五个因子的克朗巴赫α系数在0.53至0.77之间。
B-APQ的波斯语版本显示出良好的效度和信度,因此可用于测量伊朗老年人衰老认知的不同维度。