Department of Health, University of Tras-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Vila Real, Portugal.
Clinical Academic Center of Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro-Doctor Professor Nuno Grande-CACTMAD, Vila Real, Portugal.
West J Nurs Res. 2024 Sep;46(9):700-707. doi: 10.1177/01939459241273400. Epub 2024 Aug 20.
Dependency is defined as a person's inability to meet basic human needs. In the context of aging, biopsychosocial changes compromise functionality, predisposing older adults to rely on others to perform daily activities. Fear of dependency describes the fear people have of appearing and/or being weak and/or reliant on others. The Fear of Dependency Scale (FDS), developed by Adams-Price and Ralston in 2016, aims to assess the fear of dependency by measuring an individual's attitudes toward being helped.
This study presents a European Portuguese version of the FDS and examines its psychometric properties (internal consistency reliability and content validity).
The translation and both cultural and linguistic adaptation of the FDS were performed by a panel of experts. A cross-sectional study was then performed to evaluate the psychometric properties (in terms of its reliability and validity) of the translated version of the FDS among a sample of 100 community-dwelling older adults.
The European Portuguese version of the FDS exhibited good psychometric properties. The scale's internal consistency was 0.84.
The European Portuguese version of the FDS is a reliable, valid, and practical instrument for assessing the fear of dependency in older adults in the Portuguese population. It can be used in the context of health care provision and research.
依赖被定义为一个人无法满足基本的人类需求。在老龄化背景下，生物心理社会变化会影响功能，使老年人更容易依赖他人来完成日常活动。对依赖的恐惧描述了人们对自己显得脆弱、依赖他人的恐惧。由 Adams-Price 和 Ralston 于 2016 年开发的依赖恐惧量表（Fear of Dependency Scale，FDS）旨在通过衡量个体对被帮助的态度来评估对依赖的恐惧。
本研究提出了 FDS 的欧洲葡萄牙语版本，并检验了其心理测量学特性（内部一致性信度和内容效度）。
通过一组专家对 FDS 进行翻译和文化及语言适应性调整。然后进行横断面研究，以评估 FDS 翻译版本在 100 名居住在社区的老年人样本中的心理测量学特性（可靠性和有效性）。
FDS 的欧洲葡萄牙语版本具有良好的心理测量学特性。该量表的内部一致性为 0.84。
FDS 的欧洲葡萄牙语版本是一种可靠、有效和实用的工具，可用于评估葡萄牙人口中老年人群体对依赖的恐惧。它可以在医疗保健和研究中使用。
