2008 Volume 2 Issue 1 Pages 40-49
The purpose of the present study was to develop exercise-specified subjective health and physical scale for the frail elderly. In the study Ⅰ,194 frail elderly people (80.6±7.7 years) administered the developed 26 items of exercise-specified subjective health status scales. Ninety nine of them answered the same scales after 14 days. With factor analysis (GFI=.92, CFI=.90, RMSEA=.06), the scale was consisted of 3 factors: perceived physical condition (6 items), satisfaction with daily life (4 items), and psychological well-being (4 items). Internal consistency were α=.61-.79. Test-retest reliability were r=.59-.64. In all subscales, the scores in those who exercised regularly were significantly higher than those in non-exerciser. In the study Ⅱ, the responsiveness of the scale was examined with 35 participants (77.6±6.2 years) of exercise programs. After the programs, perceived physical condition was significantly improved. These results indicate that validity, reliability, and a part of responsiveness of the newly developed scale were accepted.
