Measuring elderly people's quality of life through the Beck Hopelessness Scale: a study with a Spanish sample

Abstract

The validation of the BHS for a population of Spanish older adults provides a reliable and valid measure of hopelessness and could be useful in clinical practice and research as an effective tool for the early detection of suicidal behaviors.

Análisis factorial confirmatorio y propiedades psicométricas de la Escala de Desesperanza de Beck en estudiantes en contextos de pobreza en México

“…Los resultados del presente estudio coincidieron con lo reportado por Beck et al (1974;α =.93) y Zhang et al (2015;α = .95) quienes trabajaron con pacientes con intento suicida, y con Chang et al (1994;ω = .95), Steed (2001;α = .88, Aloba et al (2018;α = .87), Hanna et al (2011;87) y Aloba et al (2016) (α = .87) con universitarios y con Szabó et al (2016) en población clínica psiquiátrica (α = .89). De este modo, se observó que los resultados también coincidían con lo reportado por Aloba et al (2015) en población clínica psiquiátrica (α = .92), y con Zhang et al (2015;α = .90), Satorres et al (2016;α = .93) y Kao et al (2012;α = .85), en población general. No obstante, los resultados del presente estudio difieren de los publicados por Gonzales-Huerta et al (2013) con población clínica no psiquiátrica (α = .73), Aloba et al (2016) en cuidadores familiares de pacientes psiquiátricos (α = .72), Kocalevent et al (2016) en población general (α = .81), Pompili et al (2007;α = .73) y González (2009;α = .83) en universitarios.…”

“…La fiabilidad y la validez de la BHS han sido cuestionadas por más de 40 años. Como resultado, se han referido diversas estructuras factoriales: un factor, en sujetos con depresión (Young, Halper, Clark, Scheftner, y Fawcett, 1992), y en estudiantes de primaria y secundaria (Kagotho, Bowen, Ssewamala, Vaughn, y Kirkbride, 2018); dos factores relacionados, en población con esquizofrenia (Kao, Liu, y Lu, 2012), depresión (Dyce, 1996), cáncer (Nissim et al, 2010;Spangenberg et al, 2016), cuidadores de pacientes psiquiátricos (Aloba, Ajao, Alimi, y Esan, 2016), y en población general (Satorres et al, 2016); tres factores, en participantes con bipolaridad, esquizofrenia, depresión, intento suicidio (Aloba et al, 2015), ansiedad (Steer, Beck, y Brown, 1997), abuso de sustancias (Steer, Iguchi, y Platt, 1994), y con población general (Iliceto y Fino, 2015;Kocalevent et al, 2016).…”

Hopelessness in the elderly: a systematic review

“…8 They used, in a sample of 79 elderly people, a socio-demographic questionnaire and questions about reading behavior and the use of the internet/computer, which is the main approach to be correlated with hopelessness in the elderly. Beck's Hopelessness Scale was used, composed of 20 sentences of true or false that classify the level of hopelessness at the minimum level of hopelessness (0-3), mild level of hopelessness (4)(5)(6)(7)(8), moderate level of hopelessness (9)(10)(11)(12)(13)(14) and serious level (greater than 14). Finally, a question was made on the Reading Attitude Scale, composed of 30 assertions related to reading behavior in which maximum score is 120 points.…”

“…Several studies indicate that it is a valid measure to predict future suicidal behavior and impairment of health and social function. 7 The selection of a measure is determined to some extent by the practical context of the investigation. Very short measures necessarily sacrifice some level of detail compared to their longer counterparts.…”

“…6 The growing increase of the elderly population in Brazil and in the world, as well as the augmented prevalence of mental disorders in the 21st century presents as new dilemmas under the health and quality of life scope. 7 The search strategy was guided from the questioning: "How does the phenomenon of hopelessness in the elderly behave?" The reading of the studies was carried out, first, from the title and the abstracts available.…”