Validation of the Portuguese version of the social isolation scale with a sample of community-dwelling older adults

作     者：João Tavares Ana Faria Delphine Gonçalves Diana Mendes Sofia Silva Liliana Sousa Jo?o Tavares;Ana Faria;Delphine Gon?alves;Diana Mendes;Sofia Silva;Liliana Sousa

作者机构：Health SchoolUniversity of AveiroAveiroPortugal Center for Health Technology and Services Research(CINTESIS@RISE)Portugal Health Sciences Research Unit:Nursing(UICISA:E)Portugal Department of Education and PsychologyUniversity of AveiroAveiroPortugal The Polytechnic Institute of CoimbraCoimbra Education SchoolCoimbraPortugal 

基　　金：supported by national funds through FCT-Fundaçao para a Ciencia e a Tecnologia,I.P.,within CINTESIS R&D Unit(UIDB/4255/2020 and UIDP/4255/2020) within the scope of the project RISE(LA/P/0053/2020) 

出 版 物：《International Journal of Nursing Sciences》 (国际护理科学（英文）)

年 卷 期：2023年第10卷第2期

页      码：151-157页

摘      要：Objectives The aim of this study was to analyze the psychometric properties(reliability and validity)of the Social Isolation Scale(SIS)in a sample of Portuguese community-dwelling older *** A transversal descriptive study was carried out with a convenience sample of 250 community-dwelling older adults(≥65 years).The survey comprised a sociodemographic questionnaire,SIS,Geriatric Depression Scale-4(GDS-4),6-item Lubben Social Network Scale(LSNS-6),a loneliness self-assessment question,and Satisfaction with Life Scale(SWLS).Construct validity(confirmatory factor analysis)and convergent validity were analyzed,and ISI internal reliability(composite reliability),external reliability(test-retest,intraclass correlation coefficient)and inter-rater reliability(Cohen’s kappa coefficient)were *** Confirmatory factor analysis showed a two-factor model with an excellent index of *** SIS showed significant correlations with LSNS-6(rs=0.47),SWLS(rs=0.26),the loneliness self-assessment question(rs=0.35),and GDS-4(rs=−0.16).SIS composite reliability was good(0.708).The inter-class correlation coefficient varied from 0.84 to *** Cohen’s kappa coefficient ranged from 0.936 to *** SIS has been shown to be a valid and reliable instrument for assessing social isolation among Portuguese community-dwelling older *** professionals,particularly nurses working in community settings,can use SIS to assess social isolation in older adults to design,implement,and evaluate interventions.

主 题 词：Aged Loneliness Portugal Psychometrics Social isolation 

学科分类：0402[教育学-体育学类] 040203[040203] 04[教育学] 

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D　O　I：10.1016/j.ijnss.2023.03.002

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