Functional autonomy measurement system: Development of a social subscale

Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 223-233

  Pinsonnault, E ^a   Desrosiers, J ^a,b   Dubuc, N ^a,b   Kalfat, H ^c   Colvez, A ^d   Delli Colli, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE OF GERIATRICS OF SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^c ASM   (France)

^d INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

Functional autonomy; Instrument development; Older people; Reliability study; Social functioning

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; MALE; MEASUREMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0141514063     PISSN: 01674943     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-4943(03)00049-9     Document Type: Article

References (22)

1. Adams J.P. Jr., Kaufman A.L., Dressler W. Predictors of social isolation in older southern adults: a cross-racial analysis. J. Appl. Gerontol. 8:1989;365-381.
2. Bangerter R.S., Smith L.L. Assessing functional abilities of elderly outpatients. Health Social Works. 6:1981;33-40.
3. Bennet K.M., Morgan K. Health, social functioning, and marital status: stability and change among elderly recently widowed women. Int. J. Geriatr. Psychiatry. 7:1992;813-817.
4. Bloom J.R., Spiegel D. The relationship of two dimensions of social support to the psychological well-being and social functioning of women with advanced breast cancer. Soc. Sci. Med. 19:1984;831-837.
5. Bravo G., Potvin L. Estimating the reliability of continuous measures with Cronbach's alpha or the intraclass correlation coefficient: toward the integration of two traditions. J. Clin. Epidemiol. 44:1991;381-390.
6. Cohen J. A coefficient of agreement for nominal scales. Educ. Psychol. Meas. 20:1960;37-46.
7. Cohen J. Weighted kappa: nominal scales agreement with provision for scaled disagreement on partial credit. Psychol. Bull. 70:1968;213-220.
8. Desrosiers J., Bravo G., Hébert R., Dubuc N. Reliability of the revised functional autonomy measurement system (SMAF) for epidemiological research. Age Ageing. 24:1995;402-406.
9. Fabrigoule C., Letenneur C.A., Dartigues J.F., Zarrouk M., Commenges D. Social and leisure activities and risk of dementia: a prospective longitudinal study. J. Am. Geriatr. Soc. 43:1985;485-490.
10. Feinstein A.R., Cicchetti D.V. High agreement but low kappa: I. The problems of two paradoxes. J. Clin. Epidemiol. 43:1990;543-549.
11. Fleiss J.L. The Design and Analysis of Clinical Experiments. 1986;John Wiley and Sons, New York.
12. Hébert R., Carrier R., Bilodeau A. Le Système de Mesure de l'Autonomie Fonctionnelle (SMAF). Revue Gériatrie. 13:1988;161-167. in French.
13. Kane R.A. Assessing social functioning in the elderly. Geriatr. Med. Clinics. 3:1987;87-98.
14. Landis J.R., Koch G.G. The measurement of observers agreement for categorical data. Biometrics. 33:1977;159-174.
15. Lang F.R., Nesselroade J.R., Featherman D.L. Social self-efficacy and short-term variability in social relationships: The MacArthur successful aging studies. Psychol. Aging. 12:1997;457-466.
16. MontPlaisir, M.L., Tremblay, S.D., 1986. L'évaluation multidimensionnelle de l'hôpital de jour, Centre hospitalier Côte-des-Neiges, Montréal (in French).
17. O'Connor B.P. Family and friends relationships among older and younger adults: interactions, motivation, mood, and quality. Int. J. Aging. Hum. Dev. 40:1995;9-29.
18. Patterson T.L., Semple S.J., Shaw W.S., Halpain M., Moscona S., Grant I., Jest D.V. Self-reported social functioning among older patients with schizophrenia. Schizophr. Res. 27:1997;199-210.
19. Starr L.B., Robinson R.G., Price T.R. Reliability, validity, and clinical utility of the social functioning exam in the assessment of stroke patients. Exp. Aging Res. 9:1983;101-106.
20. Su Y.P., Ferraro K.F. Social relations and health assessment among older people: do the effects of integration and social contributions vary cross-culturally? J. Gerontol. 52:1997;27-36.
21. Unger J.B., Johnson C.A., Marks G. Functional decline in the elderly: Evidence for direct and stress-buffering protective effects of social interactions and physical activity. Ann. Beh. Med. 19:1997;152-160.
22. Williams J.B.N., Karls J.M., Wandrei K. The person-in-environment system for describing problems of social functioning. Hospital and Community Psychiatry. 40:1989;1125-1127.