Measurement properties of the Community Wellbeing Index in older adults.
Purpose: The international wellbeing index (IWI) consists of two scales, the personal (PWI) and national (NWI) wellbeing indices. The community wellbeing index (CWI) is a new measure of the individual's level of satisfaction with the local place of residence. The main goal of this paper is to valida...
| Publicado en: | Quality of Life Research Vol. 20; no. 5; pp. 733 - 744 |
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Springer Nature
Jun2011
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ccm&AN=104658638&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ccm uiTerm: 104658638 longDbName: CINAHL Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: dissinfo: jinfo: jid: 09629343 GPQ jtl: Quality of Life Research issn: 09629343 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Jun2011 vid: 20 iid: 5 pid: 237 pub: Springer Nature place: New York, New York artinfo: ui: 104658638 NLM21116721 2011212232 10.1007/s11136-010-9794-2 NLM21116721 104658638 ppf: 733 ppct: 11 formats: fmt: @attributes: type: P tig: atl: Measurement properties of the Community Wellbeing Index in older adults. aug: au: Forjaz MJ Prieto-Flores ME Ayala A Rodriguez-Blazquez C Fernandez-Mayoralas G Rojo-Perez F Martinez-Martin P Forjaz, Maria João Prieto-Flores, Maria-Eugenia Ayala, Alba Rodriguez-Blazquez, Carmen Fernandez-Mayoralas, Gloria Rojo-Perez, Fermina Martinez-Martin, Pablo affil: National School of Public Health, Carlos III Institute of Health and CIBERNED, C/ Monforte de Lemos 5, Madrid, Spain sug: subj: Adaptation, Psychological Aging Psychosocial Factors Community Health Services Psychometrics Residence Characteristics Age Factors Aged Aged, 80 and Over Analysis of Variance Confidence Intervals Cross Sectional Studies Factor Analysis Female Health Status Indicators Human International Relations Male Middle Age Models, Statistical Questionnaires Spain Aged: 65+ years Aged, 80 & over Middle Aged: 45-64 years Female Male ab: Purpose: The international wellbeing index (IWI) consists of two scales, the personal (PWI) and national (NWI) wellbeing indices. The community wellbeing index (CWI) is a new measure of the individual's level of satisfaction with the local place of residence. The main goal of this paper is to validate the CWI in a sample of older adults.Methods: The IWI was satisfactorily applied to survey the global quality of life of a community sample of 1,106 people aged 60 years and over residing in Spain. The CWI psychometric properties were studied using Rasch analysis. Classic psychometric parameters were also analyzed.Results: Tests of unidimensionality, and exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses, revealed the presence of three subscales: community services, community attachment, and physical and social environment. To achieve adequate model fit of the three subscales to the Rasch model, one item (distribution of wealth) of the initial 11 was removed and item response categories were rescored. The person separation index was 0.82-0.85, indicating a good reliability. All items were free from gender bias. The three subscales displayed satisfactory convergent validity with the PWI and NWI and were able to discriminate between groups with high and low satisfaction with local place of residence.Conclusion: The CWI, made up of three subscales, is a valid and reliable measure of subjective wellbeing related to the community as assessed by older adults. Further research with this promising measure should focus on cross-national comparisons. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: research Journal Article ougenre: Article language: English refInfo: holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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