Abstract

Objective: to design and evaluate the psychometric properties of a scale to measure cultural involvement in an Andean town. Methodology: psychometric research. The following phases were developed: a) theoretical review; b) qualitative approach, semi-structured interviews with 16 Lickanantay; c) preliminary scale design; d) cognitive evaluation (5 Lickanantay); e) psychometric evaluation with 200 Lickanantay, being 124 women (62%) and 76 men (38%). Main results: the scale was made up of 10 items that identify cultural involvement from participation in traditional Lickanantay activities such as festivities and ceremonies. The factorial analysis provided a unifactorial solution with a Cronbach's α of 0.924 and the goodness of fit indices show an excellent fit of the model. Main conclusion: The scale will allow evaluating the effect and/or relationship of cultural involvement in the health and/or well-being of people and/or communities of the Lickanantay Andean people.