Objective:

In Mexico, there is a few number of studies about the quality of life in elderly people, and there is a wide need for validated, reliable and easy to apply instruments in the practice of the family physician. Therefore, the purpose of this work was to develop and carry out a psychometric validation of a Quality of Life Scale of 15 items with ten Likert-Type response from not satisfied to very satisfied. Materials and methods: We worked with 446 elderly people from Mexico City for validation.

Results:

We found a structure with six items, adequate reliability, and correct adjustment [Normed Chi-Square = 3.58, Bentler’s Comparative Fit Index= 0.96, Root Mean Square Error of Approximation = 0.07] for Mexican elderly.

Conclusions:

Geriatric population is increasing and knowing about their health is necessary worldwide in order to plan public policies that improve their quality of life.

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