CROSS-CULTURAL VALIDATION OF THE OARS INSTRUMENT FOR THE ASSESSMENT OF ELDERLY ANGOLANS
Rita Barbara · 2023
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Rita Barbara, a solo author, reports early work on adapting a standard assessment tool for older Angolans in a 2023 paper. The tool, known as OARS, is used worldwide to rate the resources and function of older adults. Tools built in one culture need testing in another, since daily life and health questions can land differently. Angola had no validated version.
Barbara adapted the thinking and daily-living parts of the tool, then ran psychometric checks on a representative sample. Both parts scored well on internal reliability, with matching coefficients in the substantial range. The author stresses that validation is still ongoing. Even so, the early results support the adapted tool as a way to gather reliable, internationally comparable data on older Angolans.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Rita Barbara |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2023 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 1 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |