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Chang, Kong, Kim, Kim, Kim, Kim, Kim, Song, Ahn, Lee, Lee, Chon, Cho, Cho, and Choi: Development of a Scale to Measure Korean Ego-integrity in Older Adults
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Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing 2007; 37(3): 334-342.

Published online: 30 April 2007

DOI: https://doi.org/10.4040/jkan.2007.37.3.334

Development of a Scale to Measure Korean Ego-integrity in Older Adults

Sung Ok Chang1, Eun Sook Kong2, Kwuy Bun Kim3, Nam Cho Kim4, Ju Hee Kim5, Chun Gill Kim6, Hee Kyung Kim7, Mi Soon Song8, Soo Yeon Ahn6, Kyung Ja Lee9, Young Whee Lee10, Si Ja Chon11, Nam Ok Cho12, Myung Ok Cho13, Kyung Sook Choi14

1College of Nursing, Korea University, Korea.

2Margaret Pritchard University, Korea.

3College of Nursing Science, Kyung Hee University, Korea.

4College of Nursing, The Catholic University of Korea, Korea.

5Department of Nursing, Hanyang University, Korea.

6Department of Nursing, Hallym University, Korea.

7Department of Nursing, Kongju National University, Korea.

8College of Nursing, Seoul National University, Korea.

9College of Nursing, Yonsei University, Korea.

10Department of Nursing, Inha University, Korea.

11Red CrossCollege of Nursing, Korea.

12Department of Nursing, Korea National Open University, Korea.

13Department of Nursing, Dong-Eui University, Korea.

14Deparment of Nursing, Chung-Ang University, Korea.

kyunglee@yumc.yonsei.ac.kr

Copyright © 2007 Korean Society of Nursing Science

Abstract

Purpose

Ego-integrity in older adults is the central concept related to quality of life in later life. Therefore, for effective interventions to enhance the quality of later life, a scale to measure ego-integrity in older adults is necessary. This study was carried out to develop a scale to measure ego-integrity in older adults.

Methods

This study utilized cronbach's alpha in analyzing the reliability of the collected data and expert group, and factor analysis and item analysis to analyze validity.

Results

Seventeen items were selected from a total of 21 items. Cronbach's alpha coefficient for internal consistency was .88 for the 17 items of ego-integrity in the older adults scale. Three factors evolved by factor analysis, which explained 50.71% of the total variance.

Conclusion

The scale for measuring ego-integrity in Korean older adults in this study was evaluated as a tool with a high degree of reliability and validity.

Keywords: Ego

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