Scaling Down the PGCM Scale to Assess Views on Ageing More Efficiently : Finding a New Alternative
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216224%3A14230%2F20%3A00114877" target="_blank" >RIV/00216224:14230/20:00114877 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/17/24/9414" target="_blank" >https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/17/24/9414</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17249414" target="_blank" >10.3390/ijerph17249414</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Scaling Down the PGCM Scale to Assess Views on Ageing More Efficiently : Finding a New Alternative
Original language description
The aim of the study is to present a new and efficient way of measuring the quality of life among older populations, with special attention to morale, positive outlook on life and ageing. The measure is based on the Philadelphia Geriatric Center Morale Scale (PGCM), originally consisting of 22 items. The growing numbers and proportions of older people among European populations has increased the need to obtain more reliable data on their needs, values, life experiences and overall quality of life. Using data from six surveys conducted in the Czech Republic, we have formulated a three-item positive outlook on life and ageing (POLA) scale. Our analyses are divided into three steps: (1) constructing the scale and testing its internal consistency; (2) testing the scale’s external validity using mean comparisons and correlation coefficients; and (3) determining the factors affecting a positive outlook on later life, such as gender and education. We have confirmed that the three-item approach to measuring positive outlook on ageing as a part of morale is highly applicable to surveys, producing compelling results in assessing important quality-of-life sub-concepts, such as subjective health, subjective age, and loneliness.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
50401 - Sociology
Result continuities
Project
<a href="/en/project/TJ03000002" target="_blank" >TJ03000002: A life course perspective on the GENdered PATHways of exclusion from social relations in later life, and its consequences for health and wellbeing.</a><br>
Continuities
P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)
Others
Publication year
2020
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
ISSN
1660-4601
e-ISSN
1661-7827
Volume of the periodical
17
Issue of the periodical within the volume
24
Country of publishing house
CH - SWITZERLAND
Number of pages
12
Pages from-to
1-12
UT code for WoS article
000602766200001
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85097928062