Psychometric properties of a Chinese version of the Fraboni scale of ageism: evidence from medical students sample.
Ageism
Discrimination
Fraboni scale of ageism
Medical students
Reliability
Validity
Journal
BMC medical education
ISSN: 1472-6920
Titre abrégé: BMC Med Educ
Pays: England
ID NLM: 101088679
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
17 Jun 2020
17 Jun 2020
Historique:
received:
01
01
2020
accepted:
11
06
2020
entrez:
20
6
2020
pubmed:
20
6
2020
medline:
23
3
2021
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
The increasing of older adults has led to enormous demand for medical care. However, as a group with unique needs and characteristics, older adults are often discriminated against in the medical field. In this paper, we aimed to translate the Fraboni Scale of Ageism (FSA) into Chinese and examine its construct validity, content validity, and reliability in Chinese mainland medical students. In order to evaluate the prevalence of ageism in Chinese medical students and prompt medical college to adopt necessary teaching methods to mitigate ageism in medical students. By Brislin's translation guidelines, FSA was translated to Chinese. The convenient sampling method was used to select samples for this survey, including 1,974 students from two medical schools in central and north China. Construct validity was verified by the exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis. The content validity index (CVI) was used to assess content validity. The Cronbach's alpha coefficients and intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC) were used to estimate reliability. The alpha coefficients for FSA (Chinese version) was 0.81 and ICC was 0.87. The CVI was 0.93. Three factors were identified by exploratory factor analysis explaining 34.84% of the total variance and a three-factor model was confirmed to fit by confirmatory factor analysis. FSA (Chinese version) is a reliable and valid scale for measuring discrimination degree against older adults in Chinese medical students.
Sections du résumé
BACKGROUND
BACKGROUND
The increasing of older adults has led to enormous demand for medical care. However, as a group with unique needs and characteristics, older adults are often discriminated against in the medical field. In this paper, we aimed to translate the Fraboni Scale of Ageism (FSA) into Chinese and examine its construct validity, content validity, and reliability in Chinese mainland medical students. In order to evaluate the prevalence of ageism in Chinese medical students and prompt medical college to adopt necessary teaching methods to mitigate ageism in medical students.
METHODS
METHODS
By Brislin's translation guidelines, FSA was translated to Chinese. The convenient sampling method was used to select samples for this survey, including 1,974 students from two medical schools in central and north China. Construct validity was verified by the exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis. The content validity index (CVI) was used to assess content validity. The Cronbach's alpha coefficients and intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC) were used to estimate reliability.
RESULTS
RESULTS
The alpha coefficients for FSA (Chinese version) was 0.81 and ICC was 0.87. The CVI was 0.93. Three factors were identified by exploratory factor analysis explaining 34.84% of the total variance and a three-factor model was confirmed to fit by confirmatory factor analysis.
CONCLUSIONS
CONCLUSIONS
FSA (Chinese version) is a reliable and valid scale for measuring discrimination degree against older adults in Chinese medical students.
Identifiants
pubmed: 32552703
doi: 10.1186/s12909-020-02111-7
pii: 10.1186/s12909-020-02111-7
pmc: PMC7302149
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
197Subventions
Organisme : National Natural Science Foundation of China
ID : 71503088
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