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Revista de la Facultad de Medicina Humana
versión impresa ISSN 1814-5469versión On-line ISSN 2308-0531
Resumen
VERA-PONCE, Víctor Juan et al. Validation of scale of lifestyle changes during quarantine in a population of university students in Lima, Peru. Rev. Fac. Med. Hum. [online]. 2020, vol.20, n.4, pp.614-623. ISSN 1814-5469. http://dx.doi.org/10.25176/rfmh.v20i4.3193.
Introduction:
College students have been forced to change their habits due to quarantine in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Objective:
Develop a validation scale to recognize the changes in the lifestyle of the college students from Lima, Peru during the quarantine.
Methods:
Cross-sectional, observational and analytical study. 549 college students (human medicine and psychology faculties) from two private universities were virtually surveyed. Construct validity, reliability, and ranges / categories were performed to rate lifestyle.
Results:
The final scale consists of 25 items. Bartlett's sphericity test was significant (3514.19, df = 300, p <0.001) and the Kaiser-Meyer-Olkin sample size adequacy indicator was adequate (0.845). The four thematic areas were changes with respect to: 1) Eating habits; 2) Harmful habits; 3) Physical activity; and 4) Use of communication media. As it was a Likert-type ordinal measurement scale, the results were confirmed through the Factor Analysys program, obtaining a KMO of 0.80 (reliable) and the significant Bartlett sphericity test (5528.8; p <0.001; gl = 300). confirming the existence of 7 components that explain 63% of the variance.
Conclusion:
This scale gathers the psychometric properties to be considered a useful, valid and reliable instrument to measure these changes in students of health science careers, being necessary to prospectively validate it in other careers and countries.
Palabras clave : Life Style; Students; Validation Study. (Source: MeSH NLM).