Translation and validation of the WHO-5 general well-being index into native language Quechua of the Peruvian south

• Autores: Tito Betancur, Madona, Carranza Esteban, Renzo Felipe, Mamani-Benito, Óscar Javier, Cjuno, Julio, Lingán-Huamán, Susana K., Arias-Chávez, Dennis
• Formato: artículo
• Fecha de Publicación: 2023
• Institución: Universidad Tecnológica del Perú
• Repositorio: UTP-Institucional
• Lenguaje: inglés
• OAI Identifier: oai:repositorio.utp.edu.pe:20.500.12867/7247
• Enlace del recurso: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12867/7247; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e16843
• Nivel de acceso: acceso abierto
• Materia: Well-being; Instrument validation; Translating and interpreting; Quechua language; https://purl.org/pe-repo/ocde/ford#5.00.00

To translate and validate the WHO-5 General Well-being Index for the people of the Peruvian South, a cross-sectional instrumental study was carried out with the voluntary participation of 186 people of both sexes between the ages of 18 and 65 years (M = 29.67 years old; SD = 10.94) living in the south region of Peru. The validity evidence was assessed based on the content using Aiken’s coefficient V according to the internal structure through a confirmatory factor analysis, and reliability was calculated through Cronbach’s alpha coefficient. The expert judgment was favorable for all items (V > 0.70). The unidimensional structure of the scale was confirmed (χ2 = 10.86, df = 5, p = 0.05; RMR = 0.020; GFI = 0.980; CFI = 0.990; TLI = 0.980 y RMSEA = 0.080), and it presents a suitable reliability range (α = > 0.75). This shows that the WHO-5 General Wellbeing Index for the people of the Peruvian South is a valid and reliable scale.