Psychometric properties of the French version of the Kogan’s Attitudes toward Older People scale: A cross-sectional study conducted on Cameroonian nursing students
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Abstract
The Kogan’s Attitudes toward Older People (KOP) scale has been used worldwide to explore nursing students’ attitudes toward older adults. It has various translations with good psychometric properties. The French version of the scale was first used on a Canadian population in 2012, then on a French Cameroonian population in 2020. However, its psychometric properties, especially its factor structure, have never been determined.To determine the psychometric properties of a French version of the KOP scale on Cameroonian French-speaking nursing students.A cross-sectional study was conducted where a self-administered questionnaire in French was given to a convenience sample of 296 nursing students registered for three different nursing programs.The French version of the KOP scale demonstrated moderate psychometric properties. The internal consistency, indicated by the Cronbach’s alpha, was moderate, while the explanatory factor analysis showed two factor loadings, which explained 58.44% of the total variance.Conclusion The French version of the KOP scale can be a useful tool for studies in French-speaking African countries to assess the degree of ageism toward older adults. It is suggested that the original KOP scale be retranslated by African translators and administered to larger French-speaking populations in other countries.
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