Psychometric Properties Of The Persian Version Of The Memory Impact Questionnaire In Older Adults

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Table 1 Acceptable Thresholds Of The Fit Indices In The Confirmatory Factor Analysis Model

Fit Indices	Acceptable Rate
(Chi-squared P-value) χ2 P-value	>0.05
Root mean square error of approximation (RMSEA)	Good <0.05
Comparative fit index (CFI)	>0.9
Normed fit index (NFI)	>0.9
Parsimony normed fit index (PNFI)	>0. 5
Incremental fit index (IFI)	>0.8
Minimum discrepancy function by degrees of freedom divided (CMIN/DF)	Good <3, acceptable <5
Adjusted goodness of fit index (AGFI)	>0.5

Table 2 Demographic Characteristics Of Samples

Variable		n	%
Gender	Male	66	36.5
	Female	115	63.5
Educational level	Primary	66	36.5
	High school	74	40.9
	Academic	41	22.6
Job	Employed	44	24.3
	Unemployed	137	75.7
Marital	Married	169	93.4
	Single	12	6.6
Financial satisfaction	High	10	5.5
	Medium	57	31.5
	Low	114	63

Table 3 The Results Of Exploratory Factor Analysis, Extracted Factors, Eigenvalues And Predicted Variance Percentages

Factors	Items	Factor Loading	% Variance	Eigenvalue
Lifestyle restrictions	25- Because of changes in my memory, I try not to be much close to others.	0.69	44.39	7.24
	46- Because of changes in my memory, I less communicate with others, because I am scared to repeat something, forget about their names, or forget details0.	0.65
	9- Due to changes in my memory, I call contact less with my old friends, because I’m afraid that I have forgotten some details about them.	0.63
	13- Sometimes others do not involve me in discussions, because of changes in my memory. am	0.62
	37- Because of changes in my memory, I no longer feel close to my friends and family as before.	0.62
	33- Because of changes in my memory, I am no longer interested in my favorite entertainment.	0.61
	36- Sometimes, because of changes in my memory, I do not participate in making decisions.	0.60
	7- As soon as my memory is diminished, I am less involved with public affairs.	0.59
	29- Because of changes in my memory, my religious activities have been decreased in mosque.	0.57
	48- Because of changes in my memory, I spend less time on my favorite entertainments.	0.57
	14- Due to changes in my memory, I am less likely to participate in my previous favorite activities.	0.57
	39- Because of changes in my memory, I am less interested in registering in formal training courses.	0.53
	17- Because of changes in my memory, when I am with others, I do not get involved in what happens.	0.48
	41- Because of changes in my memory, I can no longer read what I read earlier.	0.47
	1- Because of changes in my memory, I sometimes feel that I have been left out from previous relationships.	0.47
	44- Because of changes in my memory, I have no interest in making new friendships.	0.43
Negative emotion	3- My memory changes make me worried.	0.79	6.51	2.21
	20- Changes in my memory make me feel less self-confident.	0.49
	22- Sometimes my memory changes make me feel frustrated.	0.45
	34- Changes in my memory really annoy me.	0.45
Positive coping	4- Because of changes in my memory, I am interested in learning more about memory.	0.67	3.13	1.65
	35- Because of changes in my memory, I am working hard to play intellectual games.	0.63
	11- I will register in certain classes to strengthen my memory	0.49
	8- When I make memory errors, I say to myself: “Next time I can use a new method of reminder.”	0.45
	26- My life has become easier, because of what I do to compensate for changes in my memory.	0.43

Table 4 The Correlation Of The Three Subscales

Factors	Lifestyle Restriction	Negative Emotion	Positive Coping	Total
Lifestyle restriction	*	0.56**	0.15*	0.93**
Negative emotion	*	*	0.16*	0.70**
Positive coping	*	*	*	0.44**
Total	*	*	*	*

Notes: *p<0.05; ** p<0.001.

Figure 1 The final structure of the model.