Psychometric evaluation of a new assessment of the ability to manage technology in everyday life

Scandinavian Journal of Occupational Therapy

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 26-35

  Malinowsky, Camilla ^a   Nygård, Louise ^a   Kottorp, Anders ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Dementia; IADL; instrument development; MCI; occupational therapy; older adults; Rasch

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT; FEMALE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; TECHNOLOGY;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMPUTER LITERACY; ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES; FEMALE; HOUSEHOLD ARTICLES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 79951817550     PISSN: 11038128     EISSN: 16512014     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/11038120903420606     Document Type: Article

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