In:
Journal of Applied Gerontology, SAGE Publications, Vol. 24, No. 3 ( 2005-06), p. 211-230
Abstract:
The Revised Observed Tasks of Daily Living (OTDL-R), a performance-based test of everyday problem solving, was administered to a sample of community-dwelling older adults. The OTDLR included nine tasks, representing medication use, telephone use, and financial management. The OTDL-R had a desirable range of difficulty and satisfactory internal consistency and showed a relatively invariant pattern of relations between measured tasks and the underlying latent dimensions they represent across White and non-White subsamples. The OTDL-R also correlated significantly with age, education, self-rated health, a paper-and-pencil measure of everyday problem solving, and measures of basic cognitive functioning. Thus, the OTDL-R is a reliable and valid objective measure of everyday problem solving that has great practical utility for assessing performance in diverse populations.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
0733-4648
,
1552-4523
DOI:
10.1177/0733464804273772
Language:
English
Publisher:
SAGE Publications
Publication Date:
2005
detail.hit.zdb_id:
2089028-X
detail.hit.zdb_id:
155897-3
SSG:
5,2
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