Alternative scoring for Physical Activity Scale for the Elderly (PASE).

ABSTRACT:

Background

Studies assessing physical functioning with the Physical Activity Scale for the Elderly (PASE) should be aware that the instrument may be age and culture insensitive.

Objectives

To asses "classical" PASE scoring in a sample of aged (mean age 74) Mexican origin Latinos in the Southwestern United States and provide a new scoring algorithm.

Method

Information from a cross sectional study of 2438 community-dwelling minority subjects who completed the PASE scale was scored with the classical and a new scoring approach to compare their similarity and predictive power on three items of functional ability.

Results

The classical and new scoring procedures for PASE items render different total scores.

Conclusion

The classical approach for scoring PASE i

SUBMITTER: Siordia C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3398236 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature