Abstract

PINTO SANTUBER, Cecilia; LARA JAQUE, Roxana; ESPINOZA LAVOZ, Elena  and  MONTOYA CACERES, Pamela. Psychometric properties of the scale perceived social support Zimet in older adults of Primary Health Care. Index Enferm [online]. 2014, vol.23, n.1-2, pp.85-89. ISSN 1699-5988.  https://dx.doi.org/10.4321/S1132-12962014000100018.

Justification: It is necessary to evaluate the importance they attach the elderly to their support networks, due to the weakening or loss experience as they get older, because it is necessary to have a scale that measures in a reliable and valid. Objective: Determine the psychometric properties of the Multidimensional Scale Perceived Social Support Zimet in older adults. Methodology: Cross-sectional study in a sample of 87 elderly ascribed to a Primary Health Care Center (Chillán, Chile). We conducted an exploratory factor analysis with Varimax rotation. Results: There was a three-factor solution factors together explain 83.07% of the variance. The internal consistency of the scale had a value of 0.8595. Scale has high reliability and confirms the constructs proposed by the authors. Conclusión: This scale is applicable in elderly population treated at the Primary Health Care in Chile.

Keywords : Social support; Older adults; Primary Health Care; Psychometric properties.