The Factor Structure of the Facts on Aging Quiz

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

“…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.…”

“…[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.…”

Knowledge and attitudes of radiation therapists and undergraduate students towards older people

“…32 FAQ1 was selected, as it is more commonly used, and has been shown to have greater reliability than FAQ2. 33 The adapted FAQ1 questionnaire consisted of 24 true or false statements about older people's social interactions, physical fitness and psychological wellbeing. This version of the FAQ also included a "don't know" option, in order to obtain more accurate responses.…”

Bridging the Gap: Gerontology and Social Work Education

“…Furthermore, when Norris, Tindale, and Matthews (1987) utilized the FAQ1 to survey various samples of respondents in order to investigate the structural properties of the quiz, they noted that there was a lack of evidence to support Palmore's (1981) contention that the reliability and validity of the FAQ instruments had been well documented. They concluded that the structure of the FAQ1 did not appear to be reliable, the content validity was not well described, and the face validity was questionable (Norris et al, 1987). In response to the validity concern raised by Klemmack and Norris et al, Palmore (1998) insisted that the quiz was designed as an "edumetric" (p. 57) tool for yielding measurement of a specified performance standard, instead of as a valid psychometric instrument for measuring participants' degree of knowledge about aging.…”