TY - JOUR
T1 - Psychometric properties of the lasher and faulkender anxiety about aging scale (Aas) among iranian older adults
AU - Pakpour, Amir H.
AU - Namjoo, Shamsedin
AU - Sabahiazar, Khadijeh
AU - Jafarabadi, Mohammad Asghari
AU - Chattu, Vijay Kumar
AU - Allahverdipour, Hamid
N1 - Funding Information:
This article is part of a Master of Science thesis in Health Education and Promotion, supported and approved by the Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran. The funders had no role in study design, data collection, analysis, the decision to publish, or the manuscript’s preparation.
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PY - 2021/9
Y1 - 2021/9
N2 - (1) Background: The older adult population of society is exposed to multiple stressors daily, such as the loss of loved ones, dysfunctional mobility, financial dependence, and suffering from numerous chronic illnesses. The present study aimed to assess the psychometric properties of the Anxiety about Aging Scale among older adults in Iran. (2) Methods: A sample of 703 community-dwelling older adults was recruited and screened using a standardized tool. The mean age of participants was 69.4 ± 8.1 years. The majority of participants were male (59.2%), married (66.6%), and illiterate (79.7%). A ‘forward-backward’ translation method was used in developing the Iranian version of the AAS for assessing the psychometric properties among older adults. Confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) and the Rasch model were used for construct validity. (3) Results: Applying CFA indicated that the model’s four original factors are the best solution, representing 55% of the total variance. The result of the CFA showed that this four-factor model had a good fit for the data. The findings were also confirmed by Rasch analysis. (4) Conclusions: The Persian version of the AAS is valid and reliable for measuring aging anxiety among Iranian older adults.
AB - (1) Background: The older adult population of society is exposed to multiple stressors daily, such as the loss of loved ones, dysfunctional mobility, financial dependence, and suffering from numerous chronic illnesses. The present study aimed to assess the psychometric properties of the Anxiety about Aging Scale among older adults in Iran. (2) Methods: A sample of 703 community-dwelling older adults was recruited and screened using a standardized tool. The mean age of participants was 69.4 ± 8.1 years. The majority of participants were male (59.2%), married (66.6%), and illiterate (79.7%). A ‘forward-backward’ translation method was used in developing the Iranian version of the AAS for assessing the psychometric properties among older adults. Confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) and the Rasch model were used for construct validity. (3) Results: Applying CFA indicated that the model’s four original factors are the best solution, representing 55% of the total variance. The result of the CFA showed that this four-factor model had a good fit for the data. The findings were also confirmed by Rasch analysis. (4) Conclusions: The Persian version of the AAS is valid and reliable for measuring aging anxiety among Iranian older adults.
KW - Aging
KW - Anxiety
KW - Cross-sectional design
KW - Depression
KW - Iran
KW - Lasher anxiety aging scale
KW - Old age
KW - Psychometric
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85112219810
U2 - 10.3390/ejihpe11030060
DO - 10.3390/ejihpe11030060
M3 - Article
C2 - 34563073
AN - SCOPUS:85112219810
SN - 2174-8144
VL - 11
SP - 829
EP - 837
JO - European Journal of Investigation in Health, Psychology and Education
JF - European Journal of Investigation in Health, Psychology and Education
IS - 3
ER -