Psychometrics of Persian version of the 11 items De Jong Gierveld loneliness scale among an Iranian older adults population

Abstract Background Older adults duo to circumstances of aging such as relationship losses, medical morbidities, and functional declines, are prone to social isolation and loneliness more than any other age group. Furthermore, with The recent outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic and the need to quarant...

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Autores principales:	Lida Hosseini, Erika Sivarajan Froelicher, Hamid Sharif Nia, Mansoureh Ashghali Farahani
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Materias:	Social loneliness Emotional loneliness Psychometrics Validity Reliability Public aspects of medicine RA1-1270
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:2e5ad008493049a4bf4d7fd7a78360392021-11-14T12:14:55ZPsychometrics of Persian version of the 11 items De Jong Gierveld loneliness scale among an Iranian older adults population10.1186/s12889-021-12068-x1471-2458https://doaj.org/article/2e5ad008493049a4bf4d7fd7a78360392021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-021-12068-xhttps://doaj.org/toc/1471-2458Abstract Background Older adults duo to circumstances of aging such as relationship losses, medical morbidities, and functional declines, are prone to social isolation and loneliness more than any other age group. Furthermore, with The recent outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic and the need to quarantine, the possibility of feelings of loneliness, especially in older adults, became an important nursing priority. Therefore, it is important to quickly identify loneliness and respond appropriately to prevent, reduce, or treat it. The aim of this study was to translate the De Jong Gierveld loneliness scale into Persian for older adults. Methods The sample was 400 adults aged 65 and older with a mean age of 71.32 (SD= ± 6.09) years. Recruitment and data collection was done via online methods. The original scale was translated into Persian using the World Health Organization (WHO) protocol of forward-backward translation technique. Face validity and content validity; was followed by exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis. Lastly, reliability was assessed using the Average Inter-Item Correlation, Cronbach’s alpha, and McDonald’s Omega. Results The results showed that the Persian version of the loneliness scale had two factors namely social loneliness (5 items) and emotional loneliness (3 items) and the combined score explained 45.66% of the total variance of this scale. In addition, all goodness of fit indices confirmed a two factors model fit and all of the reliability indices were excellent. Conclusions The Persian version of the loneliness scale is useful and suitable for detecting social loneliness and emotional loneliness in older Iranian adults.Lida HosseiniErika Sivarajan FroelicherHamid Sharif NiaMansoureh Ashghali FarahaniBMCarticleSocial lonelinessEmotional lonelinessPsychometricsValidityReliabilityPublic aspects of medicineRA1-1270ENBMC Public Health, Vol 21, Iss 1, Pp 1-11 (2021)
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topic	Social loneliness Emotional loneliness Psychometrics Validity Reliability Public aspects of medicine RA1-1270
spellingShingle	Social loneliness Emotional loneliness Psychometrics Validity Reliability Public aspects of medicine RA1-1270 Lida Hosseini Erika Sivarajan Froelicher Hamid Sharif Nia Mansoureh Ashghali Farahani Psychometrics of Persian version of the 11 items De Jong Gierveld loneliness scale among an Iranian older adults population
description	Abstract Background Older adults duo to circumstances of aging such as relationship losses, medical morbidities, and functional declines, are prone to social isolation and loneliness more than any other age group. Furthermore, with The recent outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic and the need to quarantine, the possibility of feelings of loneliness, especially in older adults, became an important nursing priority. Therefore, it is important to quickly identify loneliness and respond appropriately to prevent, reduce, or treat it. The aim of this study was to translate the De Jong Gierveld loneliness scale into Persian for older adults. Methods The sample was 400 adults aged 65 and older with a mean age of 71.32 (SD= ± 6.09) years. Recruitment and data collection was done via online methods. The original scale was translated into Persian using the World Health Organization (WHO) protocol of forward-backward translation technique. Face validity and content validity; was followed by exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis. Lastly, reliability was assessed using the Average Inter-Item Correlation, Cronbach’s alpha, and McDonald’s Omega. Results The results showed that the Persian version of the loneliness scale had two factors namely social loneliness (5 items) and emotional loneliness (3 items) and the combined score explained 45.66% of the total variance of this scale. In addition, all goodness of fit indices confirmed a two factors model fit and all of the reliability indices were excellent. Conclusions The Persian version of the loneliness scale is useful and suitable for detecting social loneliness and emotional loneliness in older Iranian adults.
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author	Lida Hosseini Erika Sivarajan Froelicher Hamid Sharif Nia Mansoureh Ashghali Farahani
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title	Psychometrics of Persian version of the 11 items De Jong Gierveld loneliness scale among an Iranian older adults population
title_short	Psychometrics of Persian version of the 11 items De Jong Gierveld loneliness scale among an Iranian older adults population
title_full	Psychometrics of Persian version of the 11 items De Jong Gierveld loneliness scale among an Iranian older adults population
title_fullStr	Psychometrics of Persian version of the 11 items De Jong Gierveld loneliness scale among an Iranian older adults population
title_full_unstemmed	Psychometrics of Persian version of the 11 items De Jong Gierveld loneliness scale among an Iranian older adults population
title_sort	psychometrics of persian version of the 11 items de jong gierveld loneliness scale among an iranian older adults population
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publishDate	2021
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Psychometrics of Persian version of the 11 items De Jong Gierveld loneliness scale among an Iranian older adults population

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