Prediction of everyday task performance in older adults by perceived health, self-efficacy and cognitive ability
Helmes, Edward, and Klinger, Joan (2017) Prediction of everyday task performance in older adults by perceived health, self-efficacy and cognitive ability. Cogent Psychology, 4. 1297281.
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Abstract
While research links neuropsychological performance to everyday functioning in cognitively impaired older adults, comparatively little research has investigated this relationship in unimpaired older people. This study investigated that relationship. A total of 134 independently living adults aged 60-93 years completed Cognistat, the Direct Assessment of Functional Status (DAFS), the Personality in Intellectual-Aging Contexts and a four-item subjective health measure. Hierarchical regression was used to examine the relative ability of these measures to predict the functional domains of the DAFS, hypothesizing that the health and self-efficacy measures would be more strongly associated with DAFS scores than with the cognitive domains. Self-reported health accounted for little variance in all measures, whereas self-efficacy contributed significantly to four functional domains. The cognitive variables contributed to only two domains, with memory the most consistent predictor. The study showed that a brief cognitive measure can partially predict the functional ability of older independently living adults.
Item ID: | 50304 |
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Item Type: | Article (Research - C1) |
ISSN: | 2331-1908 |
Keywords: | functional assessment, IADLs, cognition, older adults, self-efficacy, physical health |
Additional Information: | © 2017 The Author(s). This open access article is distributed under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) 4.0 license |
Date Deposited: | 20 Sep 2017 07:47 |
FoR Codes: | 42 HEALTH SCIENCES > 4203 Health services and systems > 420301 Aged health care @ 100% |
SEO Codes: | 92 HEALTH > 9205 Specific Population Health (excl. Indigenous Health) > 920502 Health Related to Ageing @ 40% 92 HEALTH > 9204 Public Health (excl. Specific Population Health) > 920401 Behaviour and Health @ 60% |
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