Karimi Zeinab, Taheri-Kharameh Zahra, Sharififard Fatemeh
Faculty of Health, Qom University of Medical Sciences, Qom, Iran.
Spiritual Health Research Center, Qom University of Medical Sciences, Qom, Iran.
Korean J Fam Med. 2022 Mar;43(2):141-146. doi: 10.4082/kjfm.21.0028. Epub 2022 Mar 17.
Family function is a necessary factor that influences older people's health. The Family APGAR has been widely used to study family functions. However, there has been no Persian version of this instrument to assess family function in older people. The aim of this study was to determine the psychometric properties of the Persian version of the Family APGAR Scale to evaluate the perception of family functions.
The "forward-backward" procedure was applied to translate the scale from English into Persian. The translated version was checked in terms of validity and reliability, with a sample of 281 older people selected from retirement centers. The factor structure of the scale was also tested using a confirmatory factor analysis. To test reliability, internal consistency and test-retest analyses were performed.
The results of the confirmatory factor analysis indicated a good structural model. Criterion-related validity was strongly supported by the pattern of association between the APGAR Scale and the social support survey. Cronbach's α of the scale was 0.88 and test-retest reliability ranged from 0.96 to 0.98, indicating a good range of reliability.
The findings of this study suggest that the Iranian version of the Family APGAR is a valid and reliable scale to evaluate family functions in health intervention programs.
家庭功能是影响老年人健康的一个必要因素。家庭APGAR量表已被广泛用于研究家庭功能。然而，尚无该工具的波斯语版本用于评估老年人的家庭功能。本研究的目的是确定波斯语版家庭APGAR量表的心理测量学特性，以评估对家庭功能的认知。
采用“前后”程序将该量表从英语翻译成波斯语。以从退休中心选取的281名老年人为样本，对翻译后的版本进行效度和信度检验。还使用验证性因素分析对量表的因素结构进行了测试。为检验信度，进行了内部一致性和重测分析。
验证性因素分析结果表明模型结构良好。APGAR量表与社会支持调查之间的关联模式有力地支持了与标准相关的效度。该量表的Cronbach's α系数为0.88，重测信度在0.96至0.98之间，表明信度范围良好。
本研究结果表明，伊朗版家庭APGAR量表是健康干预项目中评估家庭功能的有效且可靠的量表。
