Chinese General Practice ›› 2025, Vol. 28 ›› Issue (31): 3974-3980.DOI: 10.12114/j.issn.1007-9572.2023.0858

Special Issue: 指南/共识最新文章合辑

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Systematic Evaluation of Social Capital Assessment Tools for Elderly Based on COSMIN Guidelines

  

  1. School of General Practice and Continuing Education, Capital Medicine University, Beijing 100069, China
  • Received:2025-04-10 Revised:2025-08-25 Published:2025-11-05 Online:2025-09-23
  • Contact: SHAO Shuang

老年人社会资本测量工具的系统评价:基于COSMIN指南

  

  1. 100069 北京市,首都医科大学全科医学与继续教育学院
  • 通讯作者: 邵爽
  • 作者简介:

    作者贡献:

    罗琪负责文章的构思与设计、文献资料收集和整理、数据提取、论文撰写及修订;陈小垒、赵琳琳负责文献资料收集和整理、数据提取;杜娟、邵爽负责论文的质量控制和校审;罗琪、邵爽对文章整体负责、监督管理。

  • 基金资助:
    2022年首都医科大学校培育基金(自然类)(PYZ22036); 北京市高层次公共卫生技术人才建设项目(学科骨干-03-26)

Abstract:

Background

There are many tools used to measure social capital of the elderly at home and abroad, However, studies evaluating its quality are rarely seen.

Objective

This study systematically evaluated the methodological quality and measurement characteristics of these tools, so as to provide reference for the selection of assessment scales.

Methods

On July, 2023, we searched studies about the measurement characteristic evaluation of the social capital scales by following database, including CKNI, Wanfang database, VIP database, PubMed, Scopus, Web of Science, CINAHL. The search time limit was until July 10, 2023. Data were extracted independently by two researchers. Based on the Consensus-Based Standards for the Selection of Health Measurement Instruments (COSMIN) guidelines, the methodological quality and measurement properties of the included measurement tools were evaluated to form final recommendations.

Results

A total of 15 studies were included, comprising 13 social capital assessment tools. These scales include: Social Capital Scale for Older Adults in Nursing Institutions, Health-Related Social Capital Scale for Urban New Migrants, Social Capital Scale for Middle-Aged and Older Adults Social Capital Scale for Older Patients with Chronic Diseases in Rural-to-Urban Resettled Communities, Resource Generator Scale for Rural Older Adults, Social Capital Scale for Community-Dwelling Older Adults, Social Capital Scale for Older Adults, Social Capital Questionnaire (SCQ) , Personal Social Capital Scale (PSCS) , 16-Item Personal Social Capital Scale (PSCS-16) , 8-Item Personal Social Capital Scale (PSCS-8) , Social Capital Scale for Community-Dwelling Older Adults, Onyx and Bullen Social Capital Scale. None of which reported measurement error and responsiveness of the scales. Since there have not gold standard for social capital measurement tools, criteria validity, hypothesis testing for construct validity have not been evaluated. Existing scales lack content validity evaluation, and evaluation methods differ in cross-cultural validity and stability. All off scales were rated as category B recommendations.

Conclusion

The measurement characteristics of social capital scale for elderly in nursing homes was comprehensively, however, its measurement items were set for specific scenarios, the application range is limited. The social capital scale of elderly can be applied to the elderly population, but the measurement characteristics should be further validated in the future.

Key words: Social capital, Elderly, Assessment tools, COSMIN guidelines, Systematic evaluation

摘要:

背景

目前国内外有较多应用于测量老年人社会资本的工具,但鲜见有研究针对其质量予以评价。

目的

本研究对此类测量工具的方法学质量和测量属性进行系统评价,为测量工具的选择提供参考。

方法

于2023年7月在中国知网、万方数据知识服务平台、维普网、PubMed、Scopus、Web of Science、CINAHL进行文献检索、筛选与老年人社会资本量表测量属性评价相关的研究,检索时限为建库至2023-07-10,由2名研究者独自进行数据提取。基于健康测量工具选择标准(COSMIN)指南,对纳入的测量工具的方法学质量和测量属性进行评价,形成最终推荐意见。

结果

共纳入15篇文献,包括13个社会资本量表,包括:养老机构老年人社会资本量表、城市新移民健康相关社会资本量表、中老年人社会资本量表、农转非社区老年慢性病患者社会资本量表、农村老年人资源生成器量表、社区老年人社会资本量表、老年人社会资本量表、社会资本测量问卷(SCQ)、个人社会资本量表(PSCS)、16条目个人社会资本量表(PSCS-16)、8条目个人社会资本量表(PSCS-8)、社区老年人社会资本量表、Onyx and Bullen社会资本量表。纳入量表都没有报告测量误差和反应度;由于社会资本测量工具目前暂无"金标准",所以未对校标效度和构念效度的假设检验进行评价。现有量表缺乏内容效度评价,在跨文化效度、稳定性方面的评价方法各不相同。纳入量表均为B级推荐。

结论

养老机构老年人社会资本量表的测量属性评价较为全面,但因其测量条目针对特定场景设定,应用范围受限。老年人社会资本量表可被暂时推荐应用于老年人,但需在未来进一步验证其测量属性。

关键词: 社会资本, 老年人, 测量工具, COSMIN指南, 系统评价