Document Type : Original Articles

Authors

• Nasibeh Noori Mombeyni ¹
• Zahra Mosallanezhad ²
• Mahdi Rassafiani ³
• Sara Afshar ⁴
• Enayatollah Bakhshi ⁵
• Gholamreza Sotoudeh ⁶
• Rabab Sahaf ⁷

¹ Lecturer, Musculoskeletal Rehabilitation Research Center AND Department of Occupational Therapy, School of Rehabilitation, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran

² Assistant Professor, Department of Physiotherapy, University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences, Tehran, Iran

³ Associate Professor, Paediatric Neurorehabilitation Research Center, University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences, Tehran, Iran

⁴ PhD Student, Department of Occupational Therapy, University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences, Tehran, Iran

⁵ Assistant Professor, Department of Biostistics, University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences, Tehran, Iran

⁶ PhD Candidate, Department of Health Sciences, Mid Sweden University, Sweden AND Researcher, Trauma Research Centre, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

⁷ Assistant Professor, Iranian Research on Aging University AND Department of Gerontology, University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences, Tehran, Iran

Abstract

Introduction: Social participation is the critical keys of successful and healthy aging and end goal of intervention in professional health system. This study designed to translation and evaluating the validity and reliability of the English version of Life Habits Questionnaire (Short Form) to Persian language to measuring social participation of older adults.Materials and Methods: After permission of the developer the questionnaire was translated based on forward-backward method, then validity and reliability was assessed in 150 older adults who were living in Tehran, Iran (aged ≥ 60 years). Obtained data was analyzed in term of face validity, content validity (Lawshe Method), and test-retest reliability (repeated ability between 2 weeks).Results: Experts and older adults confirmed the face and content validity [Content validity index (CVI) = 0.88]. Test-retest reliability was 0.98 (P < 0.001), [Intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC) = 0.95)].Conclusion: The Persian version of Life Habits Questionnaire for older adults showed acceptable validity and reliability. So after assessing construct validity, it is recommended as a clinical and research tool to evaluate social participation of older adults.

Keywords

• Older adult
• Social participation
• Life Habits Questionnaire
• Validity
• Reliability