The reliability and validity of the physical activity survey in long-term care.
The purpose of this study was to develop and test a measure of physical activity for residents in long-term-care facilities, the Physical Activity Survey in Long-Term Care (PAS-LTC). Sixty-six activities are included in the PAS-LTC: routine physical activity, personal-care activities, structured exercise, recreational activities, caretaking activities, and repetitive activities. The study included 13 residents in a long-term-care facility, most of whom were women (62%), with an average age of 84 years (+/- 6.0) and an average Mini Mental State Examination score of 6 (+/- 6.9). There was evidence of interrater reliability of the PAS-LTC with intraclass correlations of .83-.94. There was some evidence of validity of the measure with statistically significant correlations between PAS-LTC recorded during the evening and night shifts and the number of counts of activity per the ActiGraph (r = .60 and r = .57, respectively, p < .05) and the calories estimated (r = .58 and r = .60, respectively, p < .05). The PAS-LTC completed during the day shift and total activity based on the PAS-LTC showed nonsignificant correlations of .40 or greater with the ActiGraph activity counts and calories.
University of Maryland School of Nursing, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA.
Barbara
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Resnick
Elizabeth
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Galik
D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D015444:Exercise / Q000502:physiology; D005260:Female; D016330:Frail Elderly / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D015577:Geriatric Assessment / Q000379:methods*; D006306:Health Surveys; D006801:Humans; D008134:Long-Term Care / Q000592:standards / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D008297:Male; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D009043:Motor Activity; D009735:Nursing Homes / Q000592:standards / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D019370:Observation; D010865:Pilot Projects; D011998:Recreation / Q000502:physiology