Development of the Active Ageing Awareness Questionnaire in Malaysia

The world’s ageing population is associated with increased morbidity, disability, and social financial insecurity, which may affect quality of life (QoL). Therefore, the World Health Organization (WHO) endorsed Active Ageing Framework (AAF) in 2002 to enhance QoL as people age. However, little known about status awareness active among population, there no appropriate tool for assessment. Hence, Awareness Questionnaire (AAAQ) was developed. content, linguistic face validations together test-retest reliability were conducted. Exploratory factor analysis (EFA) confirmatory (CFA) performed test structural validity AAAQ. A total 110 participants (mean ± SD = 50.19 5.52) selected pilot, 81 49.40 5.70) test-retest, 404 49.90 5.80) CFA EFA tests. 16-item AAAQ Malay version showed satisfactory validity. Cronbach’s alpha more than 0.7 good fit: Cmin/df 2.771, GFI 0.903, TLI 0.951, RMSEA 0.08. suitable measuring middle-aged Malaysia.