• Revista médica de Chile · Feb 2022

    [Adaptation and validation of aged adults' adaptation scale to their residence (EAPAR) in Chile].

    • Nancy Plaza-Troncoso, Onésimo Juncos-Rabadán, and Claudia Troncoso-Pantoja.
    • Departamento de Ciencia de Enfermería, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Católica de la Santísima Concepción, Concepción, Chile.
    • Rev Med Chil. 2022 Feb 1; 150 (2): 190-198.

    BackgroundThe adaptation of older people to nursing homes may be problematic. Scales to assess the degree of adaptation are required.AimTo adapt and evaluate the psychometric characteristics of the Scale of Adaptation of the Older Adults to their Residence (EAPAR) in the Chilean population.Material And MethodsEAPAR and self-esteem scales were applied to 106 people aged 79 ± 7 years (57% women) living in nursing homes. Reliability was measured using Cronbach's alpha.ResultsThe instrument was adequately understood by the Chilean participants. In the content validity, the structure of the scale appears homogeneous and with an acceptable statistical significance.ConclusionsEAPAR is a reliable and valid instrument to be used by health professionals.

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