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Construct Validity of a New Health Assessment Questionnaire for the National Screening Program of Older Adults in Japan: The SONIC Study

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  • Tatsuro Ishizaki

    (Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology, Tokyo 173-0015, Japan)

  • Yukie Masui

    (Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology, Tokyo 173-0015, Japan)

  • Takeshi Nakagawa

    (National Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology, Obu 474-8511, Japan)

  • Yuko Yoshida

    (Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology, Tokyo 173-0015, Japan)

  • Yoshiko L. Ishioka

    (Jindal School of Liberal Arts and Humanities, O.P. Jindal Global University, Sonipat 131001, Haryana, India)

  • Noriko Hori

    (Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology, Tokyo 173-0015, Japan)

  • Hiroki Inagaki

    (Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology, Tokyo 173-0015, Japan)

  • Kae Ito

    (Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology, Tokyo 173-0015, Japan)

  • Madoka Ogawa

    (Clinical Thanatology and Geriatric Behavioral Science, Graduate School of Human Sciences, Osaka University, Osaka 565-0871, Japan)

  • Mai Kabayama

    (Division of Health Sciences, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University, Osaka 565-0871, Japan)

  • Kei Kamide

    (Division of Health Sciences, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University, Osaka 565-0871, Japan)

  • Kazunori Ikebe

    (Department of Prosthodontics, Gerodontology and Oral Rehabilitation, Graduate School of Dentistry, Osaka University, Osaka 565-0871, Japan)

  • Yasumichi Arai

    (Center for Supercentenarian Medical Research, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo 160-8582, Japan)

  • Yasuyuki Gondo

    (Clinical Thanatology and Geriatric Behavioral Science, Graduate School of Human Sciences, Osaka University, Osaka 565-0871, Japan)

Abstract

The Japanese government has implemented a new screening program to promote measures to avoid worsening lifestyle-related diseases and frailty among the older population. In this effort, the government formulated a new health assessment questionnaire for the screening program of old-old adults aged ≥75 years. The questionnaire comprises 15 items, of which 12 address frailty, two address general health status, and one addresses smoking habits. This study examined the construct validity of this questionnaire, using the explanatory factor analysis (EFA) and confirmatory factor analysis (CFA). The data used in this study were drawn from a mail-in survey conducted in 2020 as part of the Septuagenarians, Octogenarians, Nonagenarians Investigation with Centenarians study. A total of 1576 respondents (range, 78–99 years of age) were included in the study. Although the EFA did not show an interpretable factor structure of the questionnaire with 15 items, the CFA using only 12 frailty-related items showed the goodness of fit for a higher-order factor “frailty”, and the five frailty-related sub-factors model was acceptable. These results suggest that the total score of the 12 frailty-related items in the questionnaire can be used as an indicator of the degree of “frailty”.

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  • Tatsuro Ishizaki & Yukie Masui & Takeshi Nakagawa & Yuko Yoshida & Yoshiko L. Ishioka & Noriko Hori & Hiroki Inagaki & Kae Ito & Madoka Ogawa & Mai Kabayama & Kei Kamide & Kazunori Ikebe & Yasumichi A, 2022. "Construct Validity of a New Health Assessment Questionnaire for the National Screening Program of Older Adults in Japan: The SONIC Study," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 19(16), pages 1-10, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:19:y:2022:i:16:p:10330-:d:892513
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    1. Giuseppe Liotta & Grazia Lorusso & Olga Madaro & Valeria Formosa & Leonardo Emberti Gialloreti & Clara Donnoli & Fabio Riccardi & Stefano Orlando & Paola Scarcella & Joao Apostolo & Rosa Silva & Carin, 2023. "Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA) of the Short Functional Geriatric Evaluation (SFGE) to Assess the Multidimensionality of Frailty in Community-Dwelling Older Adults," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 20(5), pages 1-9, February.

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