Assessment of physical activity in older people with and without cognitive impairment

J Aging Phys Act. 2011 Oct;19(4):347-72. doi: 10.1123/japa.19.4.347.

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to validate a new interview-administered physical activity questionnaire (Assessment of Physical Activity in Frail Older People; APAFOP) in older people with and without cognitive impairment. The authors assessed feasibility, validity, and test-retest reliability in 168 people (n = 78 with, n = 88 without cognitive impairment). Concurrent validity was assessed against an inertia-based motion sensor and an established questionnaire. Sensitivity to change was tested in an ongoing study in patients with mild to moderate dementia (n = 81). Assessment of physical activity by the APAFOP and the motion sensor correlated well in the total sample (TS; p = .705), as well as in the subsamples with cognitive impairment (CI; p = .585) and without CI (p = .787). Excellent feasibility with an acceptance rate of 100%, test-retest reliability (intraclass correlation coefficients ranging from .973 (TS) to .975 (CI) to .966 (no CI), and sensitivity to change (effect sizes: 0.35-1.47) were found in both subsamples.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Validation Study

MeSH terms

  • Age Factors
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Aging / physiology*
  • Cognition Disorders / diagnosis*
  • Cognition Disorders / pathology
  • Energy Metabolism
  • Feasibility Studies
  • Geriatric Assessment*
  • Humans
  • Mental Recall
  • Motor Activity / physiology*
  • Psychometrics
  • Reproducibility of Results
  • Sedentary Behavior
  • Statistics as Topic
  • Surveys and Questionnaires