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Psychometric properties of the Chinese version of Spiritual Index of Well-Being in elderly Taiwanese
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BACKGROUND: Spiritual well-being has become an increasingly important issue for the elderly people. The 12-item Spirituality Index of Well-Being (SIWB) is a well-validated instrument for assessing a patient's current spiritual state. However, the psychometric properties of the SIWB in the Chinese elderly populations are not known. Therefore, this study translated the SIWB into Chinese and evaluated its psychometric properties. METHODS: The English version of the SIWB was first translated into Chinese based on the Brislin's translation model. The psychometric properties of the translated version of the SIWB (SIWB-C) was evaluated in 416 elderly Taiwanese recruited using a purposive sampling procedure from a medical center, a long-term care institution, and a community health center. Convergent validity was accessed using Pearson's correlation coefficients of the SIWB-C, the EQ-5D-3 L health-related quality of life scale, and the Geriatric Depression Scale-5 (GDS-5). Exploratory factor analysis with Varimax rotation was performed to determine the construct validity. Confirmatory factor analysis was conducted for verification of the quality of the factor structures and demonstrating the convergent validity of the SIWB-C. An internal consistency test based on the Cronbach's alpha coefficient and a stability test based on the Guttman split-half coefficient were also performed. Test-retest reliability was evaluated with intraclass correlation coefficient. RESULTS: Exploratory factor analysis confirmed the original two-dimensional structure of the scale. Confirmatory factor analysis indicated a well-fitting model and a fine convergent validity of the SIWB-C. The Cronbach's alpha coefficient and the Guttman split-half coefficient for the SIWB-C were 0.94 and 0.84, respectively. The correlations between the SIWB-C with EQ-5D-3 L and GDS-5 were 0.22 (p < 0.01) and 0.45 (p < 0.05), respectively. The intraclass correlation coefficient of the SIWB-C over a test-retest interval of two weeks was 0.989. CONCLUSIONS: The SIWB-C was found to be a potential useful measure of subjective spiritual well-being in elderly Taiwanese. Its application in assessing the spiritual well-being in Mandarin-speaking elderly population warrants further investigation.
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- Authors
- Wu, L.-F., Yang, S.-H., & Koo, M.
- Affiliations
- University of Toronto (CA)
- Corresponding author
- Koo, Malcolm
- ORCID
- Koo, Malcolm
- Venue
- BMC Geriatrics
- Published
- 2017-01-04
- Volume
- 17
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 3-3
- ISSN
- 1471-2318 (ISSN-L)
- PMC
- PMC5214708
- OpenAlex
- W2570485451
- Cited by
- 25
- References
- 19
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- 2025: 1 · 2024: 4 · 2023: 5 · 2022: 7 · 2021: 2 · 2020: 2 · 2019: 1 · 2018: 2 · 2017: 1
- FWCI
- 1.82
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- gold
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- BMC Geriatrics (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- TSpace (University of Toronto) (submittedVersion, cc-by)
- Funders
- National University of Sciences and Technology
- National Taiwan University of Science and Technology
- Taichung Veterans General Hospital
- National University of Science and Technology
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Health › Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology
- Social Sciences › Decision Sciences › Management Science and Operations Research › Psychometric Methodologies and Testing
- Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management › Workplace Spirituality and Leadership
- Keywords
- spiritual well-being, Chinese translation, cross-cultural adaptation, older adults, psychometric properties, construct validity, convergent validity, test-retest reliability, Taiwanese older adults
- MeSH terms
- Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Factor Analysis, Statistical, Female, Health Services for the Aged, Humans, Long-Term Care, Male, Psychometrics, Quality of Life, Taiwan, Reproducibility of Results, Spirituality, Asian People
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