Validation of scale of changes in lifestyles during the quarantine period in a population of university students from lima, peru

Vera-Ponce V.J.; Torres-Malca J.R.; Tello-Quispe E.K.; Orihuela-Manrique E.J.; De La Cruz-Vargas J.A. · Revista de la Facultad de Medicina Humana (2020) · DOI: 10.25176/rfmh.v20i4.3193

Resumen

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.

Instituciones: Universidad Científica del Sur; Universidad Ricardo Palma; Universidad Tecnológica del Perú