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Well- and ill-defined measures of everyday cognition: relationship to older adults' intellectual ability and functional status.
Full Abstract
The present study examined 2 approaches to the measurement of everyday cognition in older adults. Measures differing in the degree of structure offered for solving problems in the domains of medication use, financial management, and food preparation and nutrition were administered to a sample of 130 community-dwelling older adults ranging in age from 60 to 90 (M = 73 years, SD = 7.02 years). Well-defined and ill-defined everyday problem-solving measures, which varied in the amount of means-end-related information provided to participants, were used. The study found that (a) well- and ill-defined measures were moderately interrelated, (b) the 2 approaches were differentially related to basic cognitive abilities, and (c) together the 2 approaches explained over half of the variance in older adults' everyday instrumental functioning and were in fact better predictors of everyday functioning than traditional psychometric cognitive measures. Discussion focuses on the differential importance of both methods for assessing older adults' everyday cognitive functioning.
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Author information
Author/s: Allaire, Jason C (JC); Marsiske, Michael (M);
Affiliation: Institute of Gerontology and Department of Psychology, Wayne State University, USA. jca10@psu.edu
Journal and publication information
Publication Type: Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Journal: Psychology and aging (Psychol Aging), published in United States. (Language: eng)
Reference: 2002-Mar; vol 17 (issue 1) : pp 101-15
Dates: Created 2002/04/04; Completed 2002/10/16; Revised 2006/11/15;
PMID: 11931279, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 11/6/2008)
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