[Development of a scale to measure Korean ego-integrity in older adults].
OBJECTIVE
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.


CONCLUSIONS
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.
Chang
Sung Ok
SO
College of Nursing, Korea University, Korea.
Kong
Eun Sook
ES
Kim
Kwuy Bun
KB
Kim
Nam Cho
NC
Kim
Ju Hee
JH
Kim
Chun Gill
CG
Kim
Hee Kyung
HK
Song
Mi Soon
MS
Ahn
Soo Yeon
SY
Lee
Kyung Ja
KJ
Lee
Young Whee
YW
Chon
Si Ja
SJ
Cho
Nam Ok
NO
Cho
Myung Ok
MO
Choi
Kyung Sook
KS
D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D004532:Ego; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007723:Korea; D008297:Male; D012649:Self Concept; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires