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Evaluating leisure activities in the oldest old.

Ingeborg Nilsson1, Anne G Fisher

  • 1Department of Community Medicine and Rehabilitation, Occupational Therapy, Umeå University, Sweden. Ingeborg.Nilsson@occupther.umu.se

Scandinavian Journal of Occupational Therapy
|April 18, 2006
PubMed
Summary

The Modified NPS Interest Checklist (MNPS) is a valid tool for measuring leisure in older adults, assessing interest, performance, motivation, and well-being. Further research will confirm its reliability across diverse populations.

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Area of Science:

  • Gerontology
  • Psychometrics
  • Leisure Studies

Background:

  • Assessing leisure dimensions like interest, performance, motivation, and well-being is crucial for understanding quality of life in older adults.
  • Existing tools may not adequately capture the multifaceted nature of leisure experiences in the elderly population.
  • The Modified NPS Interest Checklist (MNPS) was developed to address this gap.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To evaluate the Modified NPS Interest Checklist (MNPS) as a psychometric instrument.
  • To determine if the MNPS yields linear measures for four key leisure dimensions: Interest, Performance, Motivation, and Well-being.
  • To establish the validity and reliability of the MNPS for assessing leisure among older adults.

Main Methods:

  • A cross-sectional descriptive study was conducted with 156 volunteers aged 97-113 years from northern Sweden.

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  • Participants were interviewed individually in their residences.
  • Data were analyzed using Rasch analyses with FACETS software to assess scale properties.

    • Main Results:

    • The MNPS demonstrated acceptable goodness-of-fit for both items and persons across all four leisure dimensions.
    • The Rasch equivalent of Cronbach's alpha indicated high reliability for items (0.98) and acceptable reliability for persons (0.66-0.75).
    • Results suggest the MNPS functions as a linear measure for the studied leisure dimensions.

    Conclusions:

    • The MNPS exhibits acceptable internal scale validity, person response validity, and scale reliability.
    • This study provides initial evidence supporting the MNPS as a valid tool for measuring leisure among the oldest old.
    • Further research is recommended to confirm the validity and reliability of the MNPS in diverse elderly populations and other groups.