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| Assessing the validity and reliability of the Pool Activity Level (PAL) Checklist for use with older people with dementia | | Author(s) | Jennifer Wenborn, David Challis, Jackie Pool |
| Journal title | Aging & Mental Health, vol 12, no 2, March 2008 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis, March 2008 |
| Pages | pp 202-211 |
| Source | http://www.tandfonline.com |
| Keywords | Dementia ; Cognitive processes ; Occupational therapy ; Evaluation ; Reliability. |
| Annotation | The Pool Activity Level (PAL) instrument was developed by Jackie Pool and published as part of the Bradford Dementia Group Good Practice Guide series. The PAL Checklist guides the selection of appropriate personally meaningful activities which are key to maintaining physical and mental health and well-being. The checklist's validity and reliability when used with older people with dementia was assessed. A questionnaire sent to activity providers assessed content validity, and validity and reliability were measured with a sample of 60 older people with dementia. The questionnaire response rate was 83% (102/122). Most respondents felt no important items were missing; and 7 of the 9 activities were ranked as "very important" or "essential" by at least 77% of the sample. Correlation with measures of cognition, severity of dementia and activity performance demonstrated strong concurrent validity. Inter-item correlation indicated strong construct validity. Given that all items achieved acceptable test-retest reliability and most demonstrated acceptable inter-rater reliability, the authors conclude that the PAL Checklist demonstrates adequate validity and reliability when used with older people with dementia and appears to be useful in a variety of care settings. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-080512205 A |
| Classmark | EA: DA: LOH: 4C: 5HC |
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