Development of the Japan Science and Technology Agency Index of Competence to Assess Functional Capacity in Older Adults
Development of the Japan Science and Technology Agency Index of Competence to Assess Functional Capacity in Older Adults
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日本科学技术振兴机构评估老年人功能能力的能力指数的制定
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发表时间：
2015
影响因子：
2.7
通讯作者：
Takao Suzuki
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作者：
H. Iwasa;Y. Masui;H. Inagaki;Y. Yoshida;H. Shimada;R. Otsuka;Kazunori Kikuchi;Kumiko Nonaka;H. Yoshida;H. Yoshida;Takao Suzuki
老年人健康状况的改善及其生活方式的改变，需要有一个能够更好地衡量他们在更高水平上的能力的量表。本研究通过（a）概念定义的细化和初步项目的开发以及（B）项目基本属性的考察，对日本科学技术厅能力指数（JST-IC）的开发过程进行了说明。参与者是1,253名居住在社区的七旬老人（539名男性和714名女性），他们被要求通过88个项目来判断他们是否独立。为了检查初步项目的基本属性，进行了五种不同的分析。34个项目被认为是不适当的（6个在分析之间重叠）：（a）9个由于回答“是”的应答者比例非常高或很低，（B）4个由于性别或地区差异，（c）5个由于其与健康状况的弱关联，（d）9个由于因子分析中的低共同性，以及（e）13个由于与其他项目的意义冗余。制定了概念定义和初步项目，并检查了项目的基本属性，以创建JST-IC。下一步将是筛选其余54个项目，以创建量表的最终版本。
Improvement in the health of older people and changes in their lifestyles necessitate a scale that can better measure their competence at a higher level. This study describes the development process of the Japan Science and Technology Agency Index of Competence (JST-IC) by (a) refining conceptual definitions and developing preliminary items and (b) examining the basic properties of the items. Participants were 1,253 septuagenarians (539 men and 714 women) living in communities, who were asked to judge whether they were independent via 88 items. To examine the basic properties of the preliminary items, five different analyses were conducted. Thirty-four items were considered as inappropriate (6 overlapped between the analyses): (a) 9 due to very high or low ratios of responders who answered “yes,” (b) 4 due to gender or regional differences, (c) 5 due to their weak association with health status, (d) 9 due to low communalities in factor analysis, and (e) 13 due to redundancy of meaning with other items. Conceptual definitions and preliminary items were developed, and the basic properties of the items were examined to create the JST-IC. The next step would be to screen the remaining 54 items to create the final version of the scale.