Development and testing the elder concerns about memory scale

✍ Scribed by Sandra L. Cromwell

• Book ID: 104347203
• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 1998
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 454 KB
• Volume: 12
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 1532-8228
• DOI: 10.1016/s0883-9417(98)80016-2

✦ Synopsis

This article describes the development and testing of an instrument to measure elders' concerns about their memory. The content validity was assessed using a panel of experts. Internal consistency reliability and criterion-related and predictive validity were evaluated using three samples of community-based elders. This brief paper-and-pencil instrument should be helpful to nurse clinicians in numerous settings for assessing the magnitude of elder clients' concern and in planning appropriate interventions to address their distress.