Yogeshwar Dharmita, Singh Janvhi, Saharan Ajeet Kumar, Sharma Shantanu, Choudhary Anuja, Mathur Manoj Kumar, Saini Hari Narayan, Sheokand Drishti
Department of Physiotherapy, NIMS College of PT & OT, NIMS University, Jaipur, India.
J Lifestyle Med. 2024 Aug 31;14(2):80-87. doi: 10.15280/jlm.2024.14.2.80.
Quality of life (QOL) refers to an individual's perception of their overall life and well-being. As people age, their QOL often deteriorates. Although various outcome measures exist to assess QOL, most are limited in scope and not specific to the Indian ethnicity of geriatrics. Therefore, a new outcome measure was developed and validated to more accurately evaluate the QOL for the geriatric population in India.
The outcome measure was developed in three stages, followed by validation. Data was collected using multistage cluster sampling from 13 subdivisions of Jaipur district. A total of 423 participants were interviewed face-to-face. The collected data was analyzed using SPSS version 20, and the reliability and validity of the outcome measure were assessed.
The Indian Geriatrics Quality of Life Inventory (IGQOL) scale demonstrated excellent reliability, with a Cronbach's alpha (α) of 0.95 and an intraclass correlation coefficient of 0.93. The measure also exhibited excellent face and content validity, with a K value of 1. Correlation analysis revealed a significant relationship with other outcome measures, with a Pearson correlation coefficient value of > 7 and a p-value of < 0.05.
The study concludes that the IGQOLI scale is a reliable and valid outcome measure for evaluating the QOL in the geriatric population in India.
生活质量（QOL）指个体对其总体生活和幸福感的认知。随着人们年龄增长，他们的生活质量往往会下降。尽管存在各种评估生活质量的结果指标，但大多数指标范围有限，并非专门针对印度老年人群体的种族特点。因此，开发并验证了一种新的结果指标，以更准确地评估印度老年人群体的生活质量。
该结果指标分三个阶段开发，随后进行验证。使用多阶段整群抽样方法从斋浦尔地区的13个分区收集数据。总共对423名参与者进行了面对面访谈。使用SPSS 20版对收集到的数据进行分析，并评估该结果指标的信度和效度。
印度老年生活质量量表（IGQOL）显示出出色的信度，克朗巴哈系数（α）为0.95，组内相关系数为0.93。该指标还表现出出色的表面效度和内容效度，K值为1。相关性分析显示与其他结果指标存在显著关系，皮尔逊相关系数值> 0.7且p值< 0.05。
该研究得出结论，IGQOLI量表是评估印度老年人群体生活质量的可靠且有效的结果指标。
