Content validity for an autobiographical interview for older adults

Purpose  To validate a proposal for an autobiographical interview oriented to the typical older adult.

Methods  Questions for a semi-structured autobiographical memory interview were designed and a protocol for its application was developed. Fourteen Speech and Language Pathologists judges and 14 older adults were used. Additionally, 2 interviews were conducted. Subsequently, content validity was obtained by means of Lawshe's classic procedure. Also, using a complementary evaluation for comprehensibility and length of the interview, as well as a data triangulation procedure with the judges and participants of the pilot experience.

Results  Of the 22 items evaluated, only 4 were above the critical reference value (0.49).

Conclusion  The need to incorporate this measure of analysis in the context of respect, identity and agency of older adults is discussed as part of a change in thinking under the gaze of person-centered care and a communicative competence model. As well as the need to incorporate different cultural paradigms and the use of digital technologies.

Keywords:
Autobiographical Memory; Autobiographical Interview; Aging; Future Time Perspective; Speech and Language Therapy/Logopedics