Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, The University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, USA.
Clement J. Zablocki VA Medical Center, Milwaukee, WI, USA.
Clin Gerontol. 2020 May-Jun;43(3):340-349. doi: 10.1080/07317115.2019.1656696. Epub 2019 Aug 27.
: The current study aims to examine the reliability and validity of the Adult Hope Scale among older adults with and without cognitive impairment who were recently admitted to a nursing home.: Sixty-four recently admitted nursing home residents, 32 of whom had cognitive impairment, were administered the Adult Hope Scale and measures of concurrent and divergent validity.: In this sample, the Adult Hope Scale demonstrated good to excellent reliability. The Adult Hope Scale also correlated as expected with measures of concurrent and divergent validity, thus supporting the validity of the scale to measure hope in older adults despite level of cognitive functioning.: This study shows that the Adult Hope Scale is a reliable and valid measure of hope in this sample of older adults with and without cognitive impairment who were recently admitted to a nursing home. Given the small sample size, additional research on the psychometric properties of the utility of the Adult Hope Scale in older adults with and without cognitive impairment is warranted.: These preliminary findings allow future researchers and clinicians to consider administration of the Adult Hope Scale to individuals with and without cognitive impairment living in long-term care facilities. Gathering additional data on the psychometrics of this measure will enable new directions in research involving self-report measures for older adults with cognitive impairment, and in the development of interventions involving hope to improve physical and mental health in long-term care residents.
: 本研究旨在检验成人希望量表在认知障碍和非认知障碍的新近入住养老院的老年人中的信度和效度。: 本研究共纳入 64 名新近入住养老院的老年人，其中 32 名患有认知障碍。他们均接受了成人希望量表和同时性及发散性效度量表的测试。: 在本样本中，成人希望量表具有良好到极好的信度。该量表与同时性及发散性效度量表的相关性与预期相符，从而支持了该量表在评估老年人希望方面的有效性，而不论其认知功能水平如何。: 本研究表明，成人希望量表是一种可靠且有效的工具，可以测量认知障碍和非认知障碍的新近入住养老院的老年人的希望。鉴于样本量较小，需要进一步研究成人希望量表在认知障碍和非认知障碍的老年人中的心理测量学特性及其在老年人中的实用性。: 这些初步发现使未来的研究人员和临床医生能够考虑对居住在长期护理机构的认知障碍和非认知障碍个体进行成人希望量表的评估。收集更多关于该测量方法的心理测量学数据将为涉及认知障碍老年人的自我报告测量工具的研究提供新的方向，并为改善长期护理居民身心健康的希望干预措施的发展提供新的方向。
