Abstract
ABSTRACTOBJECTIVE:To adapt the Leisure Attitude Measurement to the Brazilian culture and to evaluate the face and content validity of the Brazilian version for older population.METHODS:Methodological study of cross-cultural adaptation in five stages: initial translation; synthesis of translations; back translation; evaluation by a committee of experts using a face and content validity assessment instrument; pre-test with 36 elderly, selected by convenience, with the application of a pre-test evaluation instrument. Data were analyzed descriptively and internal consistency measured by Cronbach's alpha coefficient.RESULTS:Evidenced face and content validity of the adapted version, as well as its equivalence with the original version. In the pretest, the elderly were 71.5 years old on average, 66.7% were women, 47.2% had a stable union, 66.7% lived with family members, 47.2% had 12 or more years of education and 58.3% received two minimum wages or more. The instrument revealed good internal consistency with a coefficient of 0.95 for the total global instrument and 0.88, 0.92 and 0.88 for the cognitive, affective and behavioral domains, respectively.CONCLUSIONS:The instrument's adaptation to the Brazilian culture was successful and allows to assess the attitude of the elderly in relation to leisure in a reliable manner, even though the results are a preliminary version, to be concluded after the psychometric analysis. The instrument could be incorporated in various health fields in Brazil and will allow the production of standardized data, comparison between cultures and strategies to promote positive attitudes towards leisure.
Highlights
Older adults constitute a rapidly and substantially growing segment of the population worldwide, with estimates that draw attention by pointing to a total of 1.2 billion people aged 60 and over in 20251
Of the 36 items translated in the first stage, 18 (50%) showed some discrepancy in Translation 1 (T1) and Translation 2 (T2), the main ones being related to similar words or phrases in Brazilian Portuguese and use of first or third person pronouns (“make us” and “make the person”)
In the back-translated versions, 27 items (75%) were identical, and the words that differed between RT1 and RT2 in the remaining nine items were considered synonymous, showing that the T12 version corresponded to the original version
Summary
Older adults constitute a rapidly and substantially growing segment of the population worldwide, with estimates that draw attention by pointing to a total of 1.2 billion people aged 60 and over in 20251. On the one hand, these data show an opportunity for advancement in terms of quality and life expectancy, on the other hand, they create uncertainties regarding the social, financial and health maintenance of this age group[2] Because this phase is usually associated with the exit of the individual from the labor market, it is marked by physical, psychological, social and mental changes, which may lead to the loss of personal identity and interfere with quality of life[3,4]. It is critical for the successful aging to keep an active mind and body[5], whether by investing in engaging in occupational and social activities or autonomy and well-being[2]. Leisure is understood as a set of experiences that can develop in many cultural contents and which expresses itself in the time available beyond professional obligations, in a free and authentic way, and the individual can enjoy idleness[8]
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