Propiedades psicométricas de la escala APGAR-familiar en personas mayores residentes en zonas rurales multiétnicas chilenas / Psychometric properties of APGAR-family scale in a multiethnic sample of Chilean older people
Rev. méd. Chile
;
147(10): 1283-1290, oct. 2019. tab, graf
Article
in Spanish
| LILACS
| ID: biblio-1058595
ABSTRACT
Background:
The APGAR-family scale is used for the assessment of family functioning in primary health care.Aim:
To examine the psychometric properties of the family functioning scale APGAR-family, in a multi-ethnic sample of older Chilean adults. Material andMethods:
The scale was applied to 800 participants aged more than 60 years, residing in rural areas of the regions of Arica and Parinacota and La Araucanía.Results:
The Cronbach's alpha obtained was 0,992 for the scale composed of five items. The confirmatory factor analysis determined a unifactorial model, whose goodness of fit indices were satisfactory. Namely, weighted least square mean and variance adjusted-χ2 was 20.097 (p < 0.01), comparative fit index was 0.997, Tucker-Lewis index was 0.995 and Root Mean Square Error of Approximation was 0.079 (90% confidence intervals 0.049-0.091).Conclusions:
The APGAR-family is a reliable and appropriate instrument to be applied in older people in Chile, specifically in elderly people residing in rural areas who belong to the Aymara and Mapuche indigenous communities.
Full text:
Available
Index:
LILACS (Americas)
Main subject:
Surveys and Questionnaires
/
Family Relations
Type of study:
Evaluation studies
/
Prognostic study
/
Qualitative research
Limits:
Aged
/
Aged80
/
Female
/
Humans
/
Male
Country/Region as subject:
South America
/
Chile
Language:
Spanish
Journal:
Rev. méd. Chile
Journal subject:
Medicine
Year:
2019
Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Chile
Institution/Affiliation country:
Universidad de La Frontera/CL
/
Universidad de Tarapacá/CL
Similar
MEDLINE
...
LILACS
LIS