An Instrument for Identifying Environmental Barriers Perceived by Elderly People in the Cuban Context

Authors

  • Kenia Almenares Rodríguez ENSAP https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3918-4241
  • María Esther Álvarez Lauzarique
  • María del Carmen Pría Barros
  • Liliam Quelle Santana
  • Julieta Nodarse Silva
  • Carmen Tenorio Moirón
  • Delia Gálvez Medina

Keywords:

environmental factors, International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health, elderly people.

Abstract

Introduction: The aging of the Cuban population brings about an increase in disability. In this sense, the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health recommends the design of measurement instruments to identify environmental factors affecting functionality.

Objective: To describe, in terms of face, content and construct validity, the psychometric properties of a measurement instrument designed to identify environmental barriers perceived by elderly people in the Cuban context.

Methods: A technological development study was carried out. A group of experts was consulted for the face and content validation, while the unbiased and corrected content validity coefficient was calculated. For construct validity, principal component factor analysis was calculated.

Results: The unbiased and corrected content validity coefficient showed figures above 0.80, considered as good. Factor analysis yielded seven factors that explain the dimensions explored in the definition intended to be measured.

Conclusions: The designed instrument showed high agreement among the experts in terms of face and content validity. The indicators showed that the instrument has a multidimensional structure that corresponds to the construct that it is intended to measure.

 

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Author Biography

Kenia Almenares Rodríguez, ENSAP

médico, especialista en Bioestadística, profesora auxiliar, depsrtamento de Bioestadística ENSAP

Published

2022-09-18

How to Cite

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Almenares Rodríguez K, Álvarez Lauzarique ME, Pría Barros M del C, Quelle Santana L, Nodarse Silva J, Tenorio Moirón C, et al. An Instrument for Identifying Environmental Barriers Perceived by Elderly People in the Cuban Context. Rev cuba med gen integr [Internet]. 2022 Sep. 18 [cited 2025 Feb. 12];38(3). Available from: https://revmgi.sld.cu/index.php/mgi/article/view/1856

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