Cognitive Functioning and the Quality of Survey Responses: An Individual Participant Data Meta-Analysis of 10 Epidemiological Studies of Aging.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Self-reported survey data are essential for monitoring the health and well-being of the population as it ages. For studies of aging to provide precise and unbiased results, it is necessary that the self-reported information meets high psychometric standards. In this study, we examined whether the quality of survey responses in panel studies of aging depends on respondents' cognitive abilities.

Methods

Over 17 million survey responses from 157,844 participants aged 50 years and older in 10 epidemiological studies of aging were analyzed. We derived 6 common statistical indicators of response quality from each participant's data and estimated the correlations with participants' cognitive test scores at each study wave. Effect sizes (correlations) were synthesized acr

SUBMITTER: Schneider S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10998342 | biostudies-literature | 2024 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature