Quality of Survey Responses at Older Ages Predicts Cognitive Decline and Mortality Risk.

ABSTRACT:

Background and objectives

It is widely recognized that survey satisficing, inattentive, or careless responding in questionnaires reduce the quality of self-report data. In this study, we propose that such low-quality responding (LQR) can carry substantive meaning at older ages. Completing questionnaires is a cognitively demanding task and LQR among older adults may reflect early signals of cognitive deficits and pathological aging. We hypothesized that older people displaying greater LQR would show faster cognitive decline and greater mortality risk.

Research design and methods

We analyzed data from 9, 288 adults 65 years or older in the Health and Retirement Study. Indicators of LQR were derived from participants' response patterns in 102 psychosocial questionnaire items ad

SUBMITTER: Schneider S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9155162 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature