TITLE:
Age-Friendly Cities Performance Assessment Indicators System Validation
AUTHORS:
Francisco Alves Pinheiro, Miguel Tato Diogo, Joaquim Eduardo Sousa Góis, Constança Paúl
KEYWORDS:
Active Aging, Age-Friendly Cities, Decision Making, Indicator System, Validating Indicators
JOURNAL NAME:
Psychology,
Vol.6 No.5,
April
17,
2015
ABSTRACT: This
study aimed to validate a set of indicators that can contribute to producing a
diagnostic about the living conditions of the elderly population in the cities,
serving as a powerful tool for decision making. The methodology adopted was the
adaptation of the “Diagnostic content validation model”, Fehring, published in
1987. The system of indicators was based on the concept of active ageing and
its determinants. Of the 38 indicators analyzed by the experts as to their
appropriateness and relevance for the diagnosis and monitoring of the performance
of cities to be friends of the elderly, 17 were considered critical, 19 supplementary
and 2 were considered inadequate and irrelevant, being excluded from the system.
Then the reliability of the questionnaire through Cronbach’s alpha coefficient
was calculated. The indicators proved to be useful in classifying age-friendly
cities worldwide.