Professor and Head, Department of General Medicine, North Eastern Indira Gandhi Regional Institute of Health and Medical Sciences (NEIGRIHMS), Shillong, Meghalaya; Corresponding Author.
Senior Physiotherapist, Department of Physiotherapy, Down Town Hospital, Guwahati, Assam.
J Assoc Physicians India. 2023 Mar;71(3):11-12. doi: 10.5005/japi-11001-0208.
Chronic illness and functional decline threaten elderly well-being. "Perceived Wellness Survey (PWS)," which measures psychosocial, physical, and intellectual well-being, may be appropriate for assessing the wellness of the geriatric population. This work has been planned to find out the validity and test-retest reliability of a PWS as a wellness-measuring tool for community-based elderly peopleMaterials and methods: This observational study was undertaken in the community was undertaken to assess PWS in 60 elderly individuals (≥65 years). The validity of PWS was tested using Pearson product-moment correlation test. For test-retest reliability, the internal consistency of PWS was tested by Cronbach's alpha testResult: Around 60 individuals ≥65 years (mean 69.45 ± 4.27 years), 48 males were selected by convenient sampling. Pearson's correlation showed psychological, emotional, and physical subscale scores had a very strong positive relationship (0.734, 0.703, and 0.722, respectively) with a composite score of PWS score. Spiritual, intellectual, and social subscales showed a strong positive relationship with the composite PWS score. Test-retest variability between observations for subscales was ≥0.8, which showed good reliability, except for the physical subscale, which showed unacceptable reliabilityConclusion: Perceived Wellness Survey (PWS) is an effective, feasible, highly reliable, and valid measure as a clinical assessment tool for assessing wellness in the elderly population.
慢性病和功能下降威胁着老年人的健康。“感知健康调查（PWS）”可衡量心理社会、身体和智力健康，可能适合评估老年人群的健康状况。这项工作旨在确定 PWS 作为社区老年人健康测量工具的有效性和重测信度。
本观察性研究在社区进行，旨在评估 60 名老年人（≥65 岁）的 PWS。采用 Pearson 积矩相关检验测试 PWS 的有效性。为了测试重测信度，采用 Cronbach's alpha 检验测试 PWS 的内部一致性。
通过方便抽样选择了 60 名≥65 岁的个体（平均 69.45 ± 4.27 岁），其中 48 名男性。Pearson 相关显示，PWS 总分与心理、情绪和身体分量表得分呈很强的正相关（分别为 0.734、0.703 和 0.722）。精神、智力和社会分量表与 PWS 总分呈强正相关。除身体分量表外，分量表观察之间的重测变异性均≥0.8，表明具有良好的可靠性，身体分量表的可靠性不可接受。
感知健康调查（PWS）是一种有效的、可行的、高度可靠和有效的方法，可作为评估老年人群健康状况的临床评估工具。
