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ArticleBMC geriatrics2024

Validation of the Indian (Hindi) version of the life-space assessment scale among community-dwelling older adults: a multicentric cross-sectional study.

Durgesh Prasad Sahoo, Soumya Swaroop Sahoo, Santosh Kumar Nirala, Rama Shankar Rath, Neeraj Agarwal, Meely Panda, Rakesh Kakkar, Sanjay Pandey, C M Singh, Hari Shanker Joshi and 1 more

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Durgesh Prasad SahooDept. of Community Medicine and Family Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Bibinagar, Hyderabad, India. dpsstanley8@gmail.com.
Soumya Swaroop SahooDept. of Community and Family Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Bathinda, India.
Santosh Kumar NiralaDept. of Community and Family Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Patna, India.
Rama Shankar RathDept. of Community Medicine and Family Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Gorakhpur, India.
Neeraj AgarwalDept. of Community Medicine and Family Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Bibinagar, Hyderabad, India.
Meely PandaDept. of Community Medicine and Family Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Bibinagar, Hyderabad, India.
Rakesh KakkarDept. of Community and Family Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Bathinda, India.
Sanjay PandeyDept. of Community and Family Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Patna, India.
C M SinghDept. of Community and Family Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Patna, India.
Hari Shanker JoshiDept. of Community Medicine and Family Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Gorakhpur, India.
Bhola NathDept. of Community Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Raebareli, India.

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backgroundThe Life-Space Assessment (LSA) is an instrument that measures mobility in older adults as they reach different areas, defined as life-spaces extending from home to beyond towns or regions. The purpose of the study was to develop the Hindi version of the LSA (LSA- H) and to investigate the validity and reliability of the Hindi version as well as its cultural adaptation.

methodsA cross-sectional study of two hundred forty-five older adults participated in the study from four different study practice areas. Following forward backwards translation, the LSA-H was developed, and the scores were correlated with those of the Activities-Specific Balance Confidence Scale Hindi (ABC- H), the Physical Health Subscale of the WHO-BREF Questionnaire and the Geriatric Depression Scale: Short Form Hindi (GDS-SFH) to test the criterion and concurrent validity.

resultsThe mean score and standard deviation of the LSA-H questionnaire were 56.53 ± 35.99, those of the Physical Health Subscale of the WHO-BREF instrument were 18.54 ± 7.87, those of the GDS-SFH questionnaire were 6.95 ± 4.21 and those of the ABC- H questionnaire were 54.40 ± 28.96. The Pearson correlation coefficient (r) between the LSA-H score and ABC-H score was 0.707 (p value < 0.0001), that between the LSA-H score and the Physical Health Subscale of the WHO-BREF was 0.766 (p value < 0.0001), and that between the LSA-H score and GDS-SFG score was - 0.674 (p value < 0.0001).

conclusionThis study demonstrated that the Hindi version of the LSA is a valid and reliable instrument for assessing living space among older adults in the Hindi language in an Indian population. Furthermore, the LSA-H was significantly correlated with other health assessment tools in terms of functional mobility, general health status and mental well-being.

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Geriatric AssessmentIndependent LivingActivities of Daily LivingAgedAged, 80 and overCross-Sectional StudiesFemaleHumansIndiaMaleMiddle AgedReproducibility of ResultsSurveys and QuestionnairesHindi versionLife-space assessmentMobilityOlder adultsReliabilityValidity

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