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Measurement of competence in the elderly living at home : development of an index of competence
W Koyano
- Vol. 34, pp 109-114
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The article was published on 1987-01-01 and is currently open access. It has received 111 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Competence (human resources).read more
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Measurement of competence: reliability and validity of the TMIG Index of Competence.
TL;DR: The reliability and validity of a multidimensional 13-item index of competence, called the TMIG Index of Competence, were tested with data of 6776 elderly community residents and confirmed high reliability of the index with reliability coefficients of Alpha, test-retest, and correlation between the second-order factor score and the total score.
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A systematic review of physical illness, functional disability, and suicidal behaviour among older adults
Madeleine Mellqvist Fässberg,Gary Cheung,Silvia Sara Canetto,Annette Erlangsen,Sylvie Lapierre,Reinhard Lindner,Brian Draper,Joseph J. Gallo,Christine Wong,Jing Wu,Paul R. Duberstein,Margda Waern +11 more
TL;DR: Functional disability, as well as a number of specific physical illnesses, was shown to be associated with suicidal behaviour in older adults, and more needs to be learned about what at-risk, physically ill patients want, and need, to inform prevention efforts for older adults.
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Prevalence of dysphagia among community-dwelling elderly individuals as estimated using a questionnaire for dysphagia screening
TL;DR: After matching for age and sex, there were significant differences in the competence scores, history of stroke, and perceived ill health status observed between the group with dysphagia and the group without dysphagIA.
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Longitudinal changes in higher-level functional capacity of an older population living in a Japanese urban community.
Yoshinori Fujiwara,Shoji Shinkai,Shu Kumagai,Hidenori Amano,Yuko Yoshida,Hideyo Yoshida,Hunkyung Kim,Takao Suzuki,Tatsuro Ishizaki,Hiroshi Haga,Shuichiro Watanabe,Hiroshi Shibata +11 more
TL;DR: Disability in social role and intellectual activity do not only likely precede I ADL disability, but also predict significantly the future onset of IADL disability in a Japanese urban community older population.
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Effect of a human-type communication robot on cognitive function in elderly women living alone
Masaaki Tanaka,Akira Ishii,Emi Yamano,Hiroki Ogikubo,Masatsugu Okazaki,Kazuro Kamimura,Yasuharu Konishi,Shigeru Emoto,Yasuyoshi Watanabe +8 more
TL;DR: It is demonstrated that living with a human-type communication robot may be effective for improving cognitive functions in elderly women living alone.
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