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Measurement of activity in the elderly
— the Activities Checklist | | Author(s) | Tannis Y Arbuckle, Dolores Pushkar Gold, June S Chaikelson |
| Journal title | Canadian Journal on Aging, vol 13, no 4, Winter 1994 |
| Pages | pp 550-565 |
| Keywords | Mental health [elderly] ; Social characteristics [elderly] ; Activities of older people ; Measurement ; Longitudinal surveys ; Canada. |
| Annotation | The reliability and validity of Reid and Ziegler's Activities Checklist (1981) was assessed, as well as its utility for predicting cognitive functioning in older people. Data were drawn from two longitudinal projects where older subjects had been tested on two occasions approximately five years apart. Test-retest reliabilities were .54 and .43 for the larger (n=158) and smaller (n=76) samples respectively. Validity was demonstrated by age shift towards more passive activities and by positive correlations with education, occupational status, health and well-being. Weighted versions of activity scores were not superior to unweighted versions as predictors of cognitive functioning. For both samples, activity levels significantly predicted performance on some cognitive measures. It was concluded that the Activities Checklist is a potentially useful instrument to use for studying individual differences in cognitive ageing. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-970821246 A |
| Classmark | D: F: G: 3R: 3J: 7S |
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