Cross-cultural adaptation and content validity of leisure attitude measurement for older adults

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: To adapt the Leisure Attitude Measurement to the Brazilian culture and to evaluate the face and content validity of the Brazilian version for older population. METHODS: Methodological study of cross-cultural adaptation in five stages: initial translation; synthesis of translations; back translation; evaluation by a committee of experts using a face and content validity assessment instrument; pre-test with 36 elderly, selected by convenience, with the application of a pre-test evaluation instrument. Data were analyzed descriptively and internal consistency measured by Cronbach’s alpha coefficient. RESULTS: Evidenced face and content validity of the adapted version, as well as its equivalence with the original version. In the pretest, the elderly were 71.5 years old on average, 66.7% were women, 47.2% had a stable union, 66.7% lived with family members, 47.2% had 12 or more years of education and 58.3% received two minimum wages or more. The instrument revealed good internal consistency with a coefficient of 0.95 for the total global instrument and 0.88, 0.92 and 0.88 for the cognitive, affective and behavioral domains, respectively. CONCLUSIONS: The instrument’s adaptation to the Brazilian culture was successful and allows to assess the attitude of the elderly in relation to leisure in a reliable manner, even though the results are a preliminary version, to be concluded after the psychometric analysis. The instrument could be incorporated in various health fields in Brazil and will allow the production of standardized data, comparison between cultures and strategies to promote positive attitudes towards leisure.

Hábitos nocivos en el adulto mayor con multimorbilidad (Harmful habits in elders with multimorbidity)

“…bremente para su disfrute) sirven como estrategia para afrontar los retos, pérdidas y discapacidades en la vejez (Aguilar et al, 2020;Castro et al, 2020;Salazar-Barajas et al, 2020). En el campo de la salud, la participación en actividades de ocio promueve la salud física, las interacciones sociales positivas, el bienestar psicológico y la calidad de vida, por lo que es determinante en la salud mental de los adultos mayores (Lambrini et al, 2018;Castro et al, 2020).…”

“…bremente para su disfrute) sirven como estrategia para afrontar los retos, pérdidas y discapacidades en la vejez (Aguilar et al, 2020;Castro et al, 2020;Salazar-Barajas et al, 2020). En el campo de la salud, la participación en actividades de ocio promueve la salud física, las interacciones sociales positivas, el bienestar psicológico y la calidad de vida, por lo que es determinante en la salud mental de los adultos mayores (Lambrini et al, 2018;Castro et al, 2020). Disponer de centros que brinden programas de recreación bien diseñado para personas mayores no solo les ayuda a eliminar la tristeza, inactividad y monotonía de la vida, sino que también les brinda la oportunidad de vivir cosas nuevas, y compartir sus pensamientos y experiencias con sus compañeros (Alvarado-García et al, 2017;Lambrini et al, 2018).…”

Tradução e Validação da Leisure Attitude Scale para o Português do Brasil

“…A LAS foi traduzida para outras línguas e mostrou-se com boa validade e confiabilidade em diferentes países, como na China (DENG; WALKER; SWINNERTON, 2005;CHAPMAN, 2007), na Coréia (LEE; KIM; KIM, 2006;PARK, 2004), na Malásia (CHIU, 2009;CHIU;KAYAT, 2010) Gomes Felden FREIRE, 2013). Apesar de o instrumento já ter sido utilizado em pesquisas no Brasil, sua validade foi confirmada apenas em idosos e em uma amostra bastante restrita (CASTRO et al, 2020). Assim, sua adaptação transcultural e validade à população brasileira adulta de forma geral, torna-se uma lacuna a ser vencida visando o desenvolvimento de novas pesquisas e novos apontamentos relacionadas ao tema no Brasil.…”