Development and validation of Social Support Needs Questionnaire (SSNQ) for the left-behind older adults in rural China-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Development and validation of Social Support Needs Questionnaire (SSNQ) for the left-behind older adults in rural China

Published:2024-09-12 Issue: Volume: Page:
ISSN:0733-4648
Container-title:Journal of Applied Gerontology
language:en
Short-container-title:J Appl Gerontol

Author:

Zhang Tongyu¹^ORCID,Kang Yanan¹,Liang Qi¹,Zhang Siai²,Wei Wentong¹,Zhang Chunmei³,Yang Xueshi¹,Wang Ruirui¹,Yang Ting¹,Yang Huifeng³

Affiliation:

1. Graduate School, Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin, China

2. Cardiac Intensive Care Unit, Meizhou People’s Hospital, Meizhou, China

3. School of Nursing, Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin, China

Abstract

Objectives: This study compiled a Social Support Needs Questionnaire (SSNQ) for the left-behind older adults in rural China and assessed its psychometric properties. Methods: The formation of the SSNQ included three stages. First, item pool was established based on literature analysis. Second, through expert consultation, the 1-version questionnaire items were determined. Third, pre-survey with 901 cases of rural left-behind older adults was used to develop and test final-version of the Social Support Needs Questionnaire (SSNQ). Results: The Cronbach’s α of the SSNQ was 0.914, ranging from 0.815 to 0.886 for each factor. The item-content validity index ranged from 0.875 to 1.00, and the scale-content validity index was 0.969. Conclusions: The SSNQ prepared by this study can be used as an evaluation tool for the social support needs of left-behind older adults in rural China, providing a basis for further establishment of the social support system.

Funder

General project of Humanities and Social Sciences Researchï¼ŒMinistry of Education

National Outstanding Youth Science Fund Project of National Natural Science Foundation of China

Publisher

SAGE Publications

Link

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/07334648241282239

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