Development of autonomy scale for older people in nursing home

本研究编制了养老机构老年人自主性量表，并对量表的信度和效度进行了检验。方便样本为129名老年人，分别来自2家中级疗养院和4家辅助疗养院。工作人员采用30项5分李克特量表进行问卷调查。没有观察到赤字项目、上限效应和下限效应。Cronbach’sα为0.911。自主性量表与Barthel指数的效度显著相关(r=。480年,p < 0.001)。这些结果表明，自主性量表是有用的，以评估老年人在养老院的自主性。

This study developed autonomy scale for older people in nursing home, and examined reliability and validity of the scale. A convenience sample of 129 older adults in two intermediate nursing homes and 4 assisted nursing homes participated in this study. Staffs asked to them using a questionnaire including the scale of 30-items, 5 point Likert-type scale. No deficit items, ceiling effects, and floor effects were observed. The Cronbach'sα was 0.911.The criterion based validity between the autonomy scale and Barthel Index significantly correlated(r=. 480, p<0.001). These results suggested that the autonomy scale is useful to assess autonomy for older adults in nursing home.