title: Development and psychometric testing of a measure of older adult patients' attitudes towards mobility during hospitalization (ATM-H).
abstract: This paper describes the development and psychometric testing of a questionnaire evaluating attitudes towards mobility during hospitalization of older adults, an understudied phenomenon that lacks a valid and reliable measure. An instrument development procedure, followed by an empirical study, was conducted between December 2013 and June 2014. Instrument development included item generation and analysis of content validity, which was established by six experts. The validation study used a prospective within-patients design with a sample of 100 patients, age 70+, hospitalized in general medical units in a large medical center. Internal consistency, reliability, and divergent and predictive validity of the measure were tested. Reliability analysis revealed an acceptable estimate for the total score (0.76). Predictive validity was good. The divergent validity coefficient was in the expected direction. Preliminary psychometric properties of the measure showed acceptable results. The measure should be explored further in different cultural settings.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of School of Life and Health Sciences, Nursing Department, The Jerusalem College of Technology, Lev Academic Center, 21 Havaad Haleumi St., Givat Mordechai, Jerusalem, Israel; The Cheryl Spencer Department of Nursing, Faculty of Social Welfare & Health Sciences, University of Haifa, Mount Carmel, Haifa 31905, Israel.
authors.forename: Chedva
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Levin
authors.affiliation: Center for Research and Study of Aging, Faculty of Social Welfare & Health Sciences, University of Haifa, Mount Carmel, Haifa 31905, Israel.
authors.forename: Nurit
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Gur-Yaish
authors.affiliation: The Cheryl Spencer Department of Nursing, Faculty of Social Welfare & Health Sciences, University of Haifa, Mount Carmel, Haifa 31905, Israel.
authors.forename: Maayan
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Agmon
authors.affiliation: Internal Medicine C and Geriatric Unit, Bnei Zion Medical Center, Haifa, Israel; Faculty of Medicine, Technion, Haifa, Israel.
authors.forename: Efrat
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Gil
authors.affiliation: Department of Occupational Therapy, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel.
authors.forename: Debbie
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Rand
authors.affiliation: University of Wisconsin - Madison School of Nursing, 701 Highland Ave, Rm 3179, Madison, WI 53705, USA.
authors.forename: Barbara
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: King
authors.affiliation: The Cheryl Spencer Department of Nursing, Faculty of Social Welfare & Health Sciences, University of Haifa, Mount Carmel, Haifa 31905, Israel. Electronic address: azisberg@univ.haifa.ac.il.
authors.forename: Anna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Zisberg
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001290:Attitude; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011594:Psychometrics / Q000379:methods*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D016138:Walking / Q000502:physiology*
keywords: Attitudes; Hospitalization; Instruments and measures; Mobility; Older adults