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

作者：Siordia Carlos^*

来源：Maturitas, 2012, 72(4): 379-382.

DOI：10.1016/j.maturitas.2012.05.009

• HEPESE
• Mexican
• PASE
• Aging
• ADL
• POMA

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. %26lt;br%26gt;Objectives: To asses %26quot;classical%26quot; PASE scoring in a sample of aged (mean age 74) Mexican origin Latinos in the Southwestern United States and provide a new scoring algorithm. %26lt;br%26gt;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. %26lt;br%26gt;Results: The classical and new scoring procedures for PASE items render different total scores. %26lt;br%26gt;Conclusion: The classical approach for scoring PASE in aged minorities may fail to capture the age and culture insensitivity of the instrument. The new approach, or a derivation of it, should be used to compute the total PASE score for minority aged populations as further research continues.

• 出版日期2012-8