A test of Palmore's Facts on Aging Quizzes as alternate measures

Seufert, Robert L.; Carrozza, Mark

doi:10.1016/s0890-4065(02)00050-6

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“…First, most instruments measuring knowledge find their origin in the PFAQ [12,13] which did not proved reliable or valid in other studies. [14,15,16,17,18,19,20,21,22] Second, most items in other instruments do not measure the construct "knowledge" solely but include aspects such as opinions, beliefs and experience. This makes it difficult to determine nurses" knowledge separately.…”

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“…[12,13] A large number of studies have found the reliability of the PFAQ to be poor. [14,15,16,17,18,19,20,21] Furthermore, the validity of the PFAQ has been criticized by multiple studies. [19,21,22] A second instrument found in the literature is the Knowledge of Aging and Elderly questionnaire (KAE), developed by Kline et al [22] O" Hanlon and Camp [23] found a low correlation between the KAE and the PFAQ due to different content and recommended the development of a better test to measure knowledge.…”

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Construct development, description and initial validation of the Knowledge about Older Patients Quiz (KOP-Q) for nurses

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Hoogerduijn

Schuurmans

2015

Nurse Education Today

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Construct development, description and initial validation of the Knowledge about Older Patients Quiz (KOP-Q) for nurses

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Hoogerduijn

Schuurmans

2015

Nurse Education Today

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“…Knowledge of aging was measured using an updated and modified version of Palmore’s Facts on Aging Quiz (FAQ; Palmore, 1977; Seufert & Carrozza, 2002). This measure consists of 25 True/False/Don’t Know factual questions about the aging process and older adults.…”

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When I’m 64: Effects of an interdisciplinary gerontology course on first-year undergraduates’ perceptions of aging

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Stark

Morrow‐Howell

et al. 2016

Gerontology & Geriatrics Education

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One challenge for gerontology is getting more students interested in aging at an earlier point in their academic career. This study evaluated the impact of an interdisciplinary course on aging designed for first-year undergraduate students. The course aimed to expand students’ appreciation of the personal and professional relevance of aging issues, with the goal of expanding their aging-related curricular and career interests. Main outcome variables of the study included knowledge of older adults and aging, attitudes toward older adults, and anxiety about personal aging. Participants included an intervention group enrolled in the course and a control group not enrolled in the course. Compared to baseline, at the end of the semester students in the class had more knowledge about aging and more positive explicit attitudes toward older adults, but their implicit attitudes toward older adults and anxiety about aging did not change. Control students showed no changes. These findings suggest that objective knowledge of aging and explicit attitudes improve with curricular intervention, but implicit attitudes and anxiety might be more difficult to change. Gerontology education is a complex undertaking whose diverse goals must be clearly articulated in order to guide curricular interventions and incite curiosity among young undergraduate students.

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“…The current study was designed and data were acquired with this perspective. However, a more recent study suggests that FAQ1 and FAQ2 are not alternate measures and actually deal with different domains of content regarding aging (Seufert & Carrozza, 2002). Therefore, I did not combine the FAQ1 results with the FAQ2 results for the statistical analysis.…”

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Knowledge of Aging and Attitudes Toward Older People by Communication Sciences and Disorders Students

Darling¹

2016

CICSD

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he demographics of aging are changing dramatically, and the number of older adults is growing rapidly. The U.S. Census Bureau (Vincent & Velkoff, 2010) projected that by the year 2030, one in five U.S. residents will be age 65 years or older, and the number of U.S. residents of this age will double from 40.2 million in 2010 to 88.5 million in 2050. The fastest growing age group consists of individuals age 85 years or older, and their number is projected to more than triple, from 5.8 million in 2010 to 19 million in 2050 (Vincent & Velkoff, 2010). More Americans are living longer because the leading cause of death during the last century has 1981, 1998) provided a direct measure of the students' knowledge of aging and an indirect measure of their attitudes toward older people. Results: Students in the present study were generally lacking in knowledge about aging and tended to have ageist attitudes and perceptions about older adults. Multiple regression analysis found that students' level of knowledge about aging and older adults was best predicted by their level of knowledge about communication disorders in older adults, number of non-CSD major courses taken in gerontology, and age. Conclusion: Results from the study suggest a need for further investigation of how undergraduate CSD programs can begin to prepare future communication disorders specialists who will serve older adults with communication disorders. KEY WORDS: aging, scholarship of teaching and learning, students ReFeRenCeS American Speech-Language-Hearing Association. (1988, March). The roles of speech-language pathologists and audiologists in working with older persons. Asha, 30, pp. 80-84. American Speech-Language-Hearing Association.

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A test of Palmore's Facts on Aging Quizzes as alternate measures

Cited by 14 publications

References 5 publications

Construct development, description and initial validation of the Knowledge about Older Patients Quiz (KOP-Q) for nurses

Construct development, description and initial validation of the Knowledge about Older Patients Quiz (KOP-Q) for nurses

When I’m 64: Effects of an interdisciplinary gerontology course on first-year undergraduates’ perceptions of aging

Knowledge of Aging and Attitudes Toward Older People by Communication Sciences and Disorders Students

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