Abstract
Background: The percentage of older persons aged 60 and above has reached 19.13% in Taiwan. Up to 88% of older persons in Taiwan report at least one type of chronic disease. However, no reliable and validated instrument is currently available in Taiwan to measure the perceptions of aging and healthy aging of chronic disease in older persons. Aim: The purpose of this study was to validate the Chinese version of the perception of aging and healthy aging for chronic disease older persons. Method:
The participants were recruited chronic disease older persons from outpatient department and community medical service in Southen Taiwan. We had developed questionnaires supporting the perception of aging (APQ), healthy aging (HAQ) for future study. The APQ was to translate the Barker et al.(2007) questionnaires; HAQ based on literature and Ryff & Singer (2009) healthy aging theory. The mean content validity index were 80–100% from 10 experts. From January to December 2016, 415 valid questionnaires were returned. Exploratory factor analysis and Cronbach’s Alpha were applied to examine the validity and reliability of the questionnaire. Result: The results of this study showed the APQ and HAQ in Chinese version accounted for variance of 69.77% and 65.91% were explained by the factor, the Cronbach’s Alpha is 0.87 and 0.81, subscales from 0.83 to 0.91 and 0.65–0.89. Conclusion:
The Chinese Version APQ and HAQ showed good validity and reliability when applied to Taiwanese chronic disease older persons.