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Developing an Assessment Method of Active Aging: University of Jyvaskyla Active Aging Scale
Objective: To develop an assessment method of active aging for research on older people. Method: A multiphase process that included drafting by an expert panel, a pilot study for item analysis and scale validity, a feedback study with focus groups and questionnaire respondents, and a test–retest stu...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6572587/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29291660 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0898264317750449 |
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author | Rantanen, Taina Portegijs, Erja Kokko, Katja Rantakokko, Merja Törmäkangas, Timo Saajanaho, Milla |
author_facet | Rantanen, Taina Portegijs, Erja Kokko, Katja Rantakokko, Merja Törmäkangas, Timo Saajanaho, Milla |
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description | Objective: To develop an assessment method of active aging for research on older people. Method: A multiphase process that included drafting by an expert panel, a pilot study for item analysis and scale validity, a feedback study with focus groups and questionnaire respondents, and a test–retest study. Altogether 235 people aged 60 to 94 years provided responses and/or feedback. Results: We developed a 17-item University of Jyvaskyla Active Aging Scale with four aspects in each item (goals, ability, opportunity, and activity; range 0-272). The psychometric and item properties are good and the scale assesses a unidimensional latent construct of active aging. Discussion: Our scale assesses older people’s striving for well-being through activities pertaining to their goals, abilities, and opportunities. The University of Jyvaskyla Active Aging Scale provides a quantifiable measure of active aging that may be used in postal questionnaires or interviews in research and practice. |
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spelling | pubmed-65725872019-07-22 Developing an Assessment Method of Active Aging: University of Jyvaskyla Active Aging Scale Rantanen, Taina Portegijs, Erja Kokko, Katja Rantakokko, Merja Törmäkangas, Timo Saajanaho, Milla J Aging Health Articles Objective: To develop an assessment method of active aging for research on older people. Method: A multiphase process that included drafting by an expert panel, a pilot study for item analysis and scale validity, a feedback study with focus groups and questionnaire respondents, and a test–retest study. Altogether 235 people aged 60 to 94 years provided responses and/or feedback. Results: We developed a 17-item University of Jyvaskyla Active Aging Scale with four aspects in each item (goals, ability, opportunity, and activity; range 0-272). The psychometric and item properties are good and the scale assesses a unidimensional latent construct of active aging. Discussion: Our scale assesses older people’s striving for well-being through activities pertaining to their goals, abilities, and opportunities. The University of Jyvaskyla Active Aging Scale provides a quantifiable measure of active aging that may be used in postal questionnaires or interviews in research and practice. SAGE Publications 2018-01-01 2019-07 /pmc/articles/PMC6572587/ /pubmed/29291660 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0898264317750449 Text en © The Author(s) 2018 http://www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 License (http://www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits non-commercial use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access pages (https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/open-access-at-sage). |
spellingShingle | Articles Rantanen, Taina Portegijs, Erja Kokko, Katja Rantakokko, Merja Törmäkangas, Timo Saajanaho, Milla Developing an Assessment Method of Active Aging: University of Jyvaskyla Active Aging Scale |
title | Developing an Assessment Method of Active Aging: University of
Jyvaskyla Active Aging Scale |
title_full | Developing an Assessment Method of Active Aging: University of
Jyvaskyla Active Aging Scale |
title_fullStr | Developing an Assessment Method of Active Aging: University of
Jyvaskyla Active Aging Scale |
title_full_unstemmed | Developing an Assessment Method of Active Aging: University of
Jyvaskyla Active Aging Scale |
title_short | Developing an Assessment Method of Active Aging: University of
Jyvaskyla Active Aging Scale |
title_sort | developing an assessment method of active aging: university of
jyvaskyla active aging scale |
topic | Articles |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6572587/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29291660 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0898264317750449 |
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