Development and Validation of a Multidimensional Population-Based Healthy Aging Scale: Results From the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The World Health Organization proposed a multidimensional concept of healthy aging in 2015; there was limited evidence about how the concept was constructed and measured. The current study aims to develop a health aging scale (HAS) following the WHO framework and validate it using data from the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS).

Methods

A total of 13,233 adults aged ≥ 45 years old from the CHARLS included in current study. Based on the WHO framework, 37 self-reported indicators were used to determine healthy aging. Exploratory factor analysis and second-order and bi-factor modeling, as well as psychometric coefficients, were used to examine the structure of healthy aging. To assess concurrent validity of the HAS, regression analyses were used

SUBMITTER: Gao J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8882972 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature