Questionnaire-based evaluation of everyday competence in older adults

Tobias Kalisch1, Julia Richter3, Melanie Lenz1, Jan-Christoph Kattenstroth2, Izabela Kolankowska2, Martin Tegenthoff1, Hubert R Dinse21Department of Neurology, BG-Kliniken Bergmannsheil, 2Neural Plasticity Lab, Institute for Neuroinformatics, Department of Theoretical Biology, 3Faculty of Psychology...

Descripción completa

Guardado en:

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales:	Tobias Kalisch, Julia Richter, Melanie Lenz, et al
Formato:	article
Lenguaje:	EN
Publicado:	Dove Medical Press 2011
Materias:	Successful Aging Everyday Competence Questionnaire-based evaluation Geriatrics RC952-954.6
Acceso en línea:	https://doaj.org/article/38c0515bf19a43b2b669366376e59232
Etiquetas:	Agregar Etiqueta Sin Etiquetas, Sea el primero en etiquetar este registro!

id	oai:doaj.org-article:38c0515bf19a43b2b669366376e59232
record_format	dspace
spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:38c0515bf19a43b2b669366376e592322021-12-02T04:53:29ZQuestionnaire-based evaluation of everyday competence in older adults1178-1998https://doaj.org/article/38c0515bf19a43b2b669366376e592322011-01-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.dovepress.com/questionnaire-based-evaluation-of-everyday-competence-in-older-adults-peer-reviewed-article-CIAhttps://doaj.org/toc/1178-1998Tobias Kalisch1, Julia Richter3, Melanie Lenz1, Jan-Christoph Kattenstroth2, Izabela Kolankowska2, Martin Tegenthoff1, Hubert R Dinse21Department of Neurology, BG-Kliniken Bergmannsheil, 2Neural Plasticity Lab, Institute for Neuroinformatics, Department of Theoretical Biology, 3Faculty of Psychology, Department of Methods, Diagnostics and Evaluation, Ruhr-University Bochum, GermanyBackground: Gerontological research aims at understanding factors that are crucial for mediating “successful aging”. This term denotes the absence of significant disease and disabilities, maintenance of high levels of physical and cognitive function, and preservation of social and productive activities. Preservation of an active lifestyle is considered an effective means through which everyday competence can be attained. In this context, it is crucial to obtain ratings of modern day older adults’ everyday competence by means of appropriate assessments. Here, we introduce the Everyday Competence Questionnaire (ECQ), designed to assess healthy older adults' everyday competence.Methods: The ECQ includes 17 items, covering housekeeping, leisure activities, sports, daily routines, manual skills, subjective well-being, and general linguistic usage. The ECQ was administered to a population of 158 healthy subjects aged 60–91 years, who were divided into groups on the basis of their physical activity. These groups were community-dwelling subjects, those living independently and having a sedentary lifestyle, those living independently but characterized by a general lifestyle without any noteworthy physical activity, and those living independently and exercising regularly. Age, gender, and education levels were balanced between the groups.Results: Using the ECQ, we could identify and distinguish different everyday competence levels between the groups tested: Subjects characterized by an active lifestyle outperformed all other groups. Subjects characterized by a general lifestyle showed higher everyday competence than those with a sedentary lifestyle or subjects who needed care. Furthermore, the ECQ data showed a significant positive correlation between individual physical activity and everyday competence.Conclusion: The ECQ is a novel tool for the questionnaire-based evaluation of everyday competence among healthy subjects. By including leisure activities, it considers the changed living conditions of modern-day older adults.Keywords: successful aging, everyday competence, questionnaire-based evaluationTobias KalischJulia RichterMelanie Lenzet al Dove Medical PressarticleSuccessful AgingEveryday CompetenceQuestionnaire-based evaluationGeriatricsRC952-954.6ENClinical Interventions in Aging, Vol Volume 6, Pp 37-46 (2011)
institution	DOAJ
collection	DOAJ
language	EN
topic	Successful Aging Everyday Competence Questionnaire-based evaluation Geriatrics RC952-954.6
spellingShingle	Successful Aging Everyday Competence Questionnaire-based evaluation Geriatrics RC952-954.6 Tobias Kalisch Julia Richter Melanie Lenz et al  Questionnaire-based evaluation of everyday competence in older adults
description	Tobias Kalisch1, Julia Richter3, Melanie Lenz1, Jan-Christoph Kattenstroth2, Izabela Kolankowska2, Martin Tegenthoff1, Hubert R Dinse21Department of Neurology, BG-Kliniken Bergmannsheil, 2Neural Plasticity Lab, Institute for Neuroinformatics, Department of Theoretical Biology, 3Faculty of Psychology, Department of Methods, Diagnostics and Evaluation, Ruhr-University Bochum, GermanyBackground: Gerontological research aims at understanding factors that are crucial for mediating “successful aging”. This term denotes the absence of significant disease and disabilities, maintenance of high levels of physical and cognitive function, and preservation of social and productive activities. Preservation of an active lifestyle is considered an effective means through which everyday competence can be attained. In this context, it is crucial to obtain ratings of modern day older adults’ everyday competence by means of appropriate assessments. Here, we introduce the Everyday Competence Questionnaire (ECQ), designed to assess healthy older adults' everyday competence.Methods: The ECQ includes 17 items, covering housekeeping, leisure activities, sports, daily routines, manual skills, subjective well-being, and general linguistic usage. The ECQ was administered to a population of 158 healthy subjects aged 60–91 years, who were divided into groups on the basis of their physical activity. These groups were community-dwelling subjects, those living independently and having a sedentary lifestyle, those living independently but characterized by a general lifestyle without any noteworthy physical activity, and those living independently and exercising regularly. Age, gender, and education levels were balanced between the groups.Results: Using the ECQ, we could identify and distinguish different everyday competence levels between the groups tested: Subjects characterized by an active lifestyle outperformed all other groups. Subjects characterized by a general lifestyle showed higher everyday competence than those with a sedentary lifestyle or subjects who needed care. Furthermore, the ECQ data showed a significant positive correlation between individual physical activity and everyday competence.Conclusion: The ECQ is a novel tool for the questionnaire-based evaluation of everyday competence among healthy subjects. By including leisure activities, it considers the changed living conditions of modern-day older adults.Keywords: successful aging, everyday competence, questionnaire-based evaluation
format	article
author	Tobias Kalisch Julia Richter Melanie Lenz et al
author_facet	Tobias Kalisch Julia Richter Melanie Lenz et al
author_sort	Tobias Kalisch
title	Questionnaire-based evaluation of everyday competence in older adults
title_short	Questionnaire-based evaluation of everyday competence in older adults
title_full	Questionnaire-based evaluation of everyday competence in older adults
title_fullStr	Questionnaire-based evaluation of everyday competence in older adults
title_full_unstemmed	Questionnaire-based evaluation of everyday competence in older adults
title_sort	questionnaire-based evaluation of everyday competence in older adults
publisher	Dove Medical Press
publishDate	2011
url	https://doaj.org/article/38c0515bf19a43b2b669366376e59232
work_keys_str_mv	AT tobiaskalisch questionnairebasedevaluationofeverydaycompetenceinolderadults AT juliarichter questionnairebasedevaluationofeverydaycompetenceinolderadults AT melanielenz questionnairebasedevaluationofeverydaycompetenceinolderadults AT etalnbsp questionnairebasedevaluationofeverydaycompetenceinolderadults
_version_	1718400999093174272

Questionnaire-based evaluation of everyday competence in older adults

Ejemplares similares