نمونه ترجمه تخصصی روایابی درباره اعتبار سنجی پرسشنامه Assessing Elder Care Needs

Validation of Assessing Elder Care Needs Scale

The notable growth of senior citizens population has caused problems and concerns in areas like health cares, social cares, and participation in the society. This highlights the need for developing a standard tool to assess the care needs of the elderly. The present paper is aimed at validating a Farsi version of “assessing elderly care needs scale” in Kermanshah-Iran. The study was carried out as a methodological work. At first, the original version of the tool was translated into Farsi using forward-backward method. The final version of the Farsi translation after confirming content validity ratio (VCR) and content validity index (CVI) was administered to the study group. Study group consisted of 301 senior citizens who were selected through cluster sampling in Kermanshah City. Validity of the tool was examined using Waltz and Basel’s content validity index, face validity, and confirmatory factor analysis. Reliability of the tool was examined using Cronbach’s alpha and internal correlation. Data analyses were performed in SPSS (25). Content validity of the tool was supported with CVI, CVR, and Kappa’s coefficient on average equal to 0.9, 0.75, and 0.9 respectively. Following confirmatory factor analysis, the number of statements decreased from 37 to 36 and the number of factors decreased from nine to eight. The eight factors remained in the tool are learning and applying knowledge, communication, mobility, self-care, domestic life, interpersonal interaction, major life areas, and social and civil life. Correlation coefficient below 0.05 level was assumed as significant. In addition, using internal correlation (Cronbach’s alpha) reliability of the tool was obtained equal to 0.77 for the whole tool and at 0.7-0.87 range for the sub-scales. The Farsi version of Assessing Elder Care Needs Scale had acceptable and applied specifications to assess care needs of senior citizens and it can be used as a valid tool in different areas of nursing performance and elderly health. Senior citizens are one of the most vulnerable groups in the society. They are at more risk of debilitating disorders that attenuate their ability of programming, responding, and asking help from others [1]. A surge in the population of senior citizens who need support is expected by 2050 [2]. Demographic structure of the world has deeply changed comparing with hundred years ago [3]; so that the population of senior citizens is growing [4]. Currently, more than five million of Iranian citizens (7.26%) are in their old age and it is expected that more than 10% of the population in 20 years will be constituted by the elderly [5]. This trend means that an increase in demand for health services is inevitable, which is also a challenge to create new models of controlling age-related diseases and ensure health for senior citizens [6].