Original Research Article
Year: 2023 | Month: February | Volume: 13 | Issue: 2 | Pages: 69-75
DOI: https://doi.org/10.52403/ijhsr.20230211
Reliability Analysis of a Self-Developed Elderly Well-Being Scale
Mainali Shila1, Semwal Jayanti2, Adhikari Bibhav3
1Ph.D. Research Scholar in Nursing Sciences, Himalayan College of Nursing, Swami Rama Himalayan University, Dehradun, India
2Professor and Head, Department of Community Medicine, Swami Rama Himalayan University, Dehradun, India
3Research Coordinator, Little Angle College of Management, Lalitpur, Nepal
Corresponding Author: Shila Mainali
ABSTRACT
Introduction/Objective: The well-being of older people needs to be assessed periodically to plan and manage proper care. This study aimed to assess the validity and analyse the reliability of the self-developed Well-being scale to determine the suitability of the scale for identifying the well-being status of older people and evaluating effectiveness of self-structured nursing interventions.
Methods: A descriptive cross-sectional study design was used among 31 older people living in a rural community in the Kavrepalanchok district, Nepal in September 2021. A purposive sampling technique was used, and face-to-face interview in home visit was done using Self-structured Elderly Well-being Scale. The internal consistency reliability was assessed by Cronbach’s alpha and test re-test on a three and six point Likert scale.
Results: Respondents were more female (51.6%) with a mean age of 66.70 ±4.65, and 19 (61.29%) were in the age group 60-67 years. There are four domains in the well-being scale. The physical well-being scale was found to be highly reliable in Cronbach’s alpha (0.892), the test re-test method (0.9957), and the test re-test reliability was higher than Cronbach’s alpha. The psychological well-being scale was also highly reliable in Cronbach’s alpha (0.871) and test re-test method (0.9788). Similarly, the reliability of the social and spiritual well-being scale were good in Cronbach’s alpha (0.758 & 0.774) and very good in the test re-test (0.9100 & 0.8876), respectively. The inter-item reliability was also found suitable.
Conclusion: The elderly well-being scale demonstrated exemplary performance in tests of reliability and validity. It can individually assess physical, psychological, social and spiritual well-being and older people’s overall well-being in the community and institutional settings. It is a suitable tool for assessing well-being status and evaluating the effectiveness of nursing interventions.
Key words: Well-being Scale, Reliability, Cronbach’s alpha, Persons’ Correlation, Older People and Rural Community.