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Physical body experiences questionnaire simplified for active aging (PBE-QAG): Rasch validation.

Wei Deng¹, Sydney Carpentier¹, Ann Van de Winckel²

¹Division of Rehabilitation Science, Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Medical School, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America.

|February 10, 2023

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The Physical Body Experiences Questionnaire simplified for Active aGing (PBE-QAG) shows good fit but poor targeting for community-dwelling adults. Further validation with more challenging items is recommended for accurate body awareness measurement.

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Area of Science:

Gerontology
Rehabilitation Science
Psychometrics

Background:

Body awareness is crucial for physical activity and independent living in aging adults.
The Physical Body Experiences Questionnaire simplified for Active aGing (PBE-QAG) aims to measure body awareness during physical activity.
Rasch Measurement Theory provides a framework for evaluating the psychometric properties of measurement tools.

Purpose of the Study:

To validate the structural validity of the PBE-QAG using Rasch Measurement Theory.
To assess the PBE-QAG's suitability for measuring body awareness in community-dwelling adults, including older adults and those with chronic stroke.

Main Methods:

Community-dwelling adults (n=530), older adults (n=133), and adults with chronic stroke (n=36) completed the PBE-QAG.
Rasch Measurement Theory analysis evaluated item and person fit, targeting, unidimensionality, reliability, and differential item functioning.
Item deletion and rescoring were performed to improve model fit.

Main Results:

The PBE-QAG demonstrated unidimensionality and acceptable item fit across all participant groups after item adjustments.
A minimal floor effect (5.28%) and no ceiling effect were observed.
While item and person fit were good, targeting of the PBE-QAG was suboptimal, indicating a potential issue with item difficulty.

Conclusions:

The PBE-QAG exhibits good psychometric properties regarding item and person fit but requires improvement in targeting for community-dwelling adults.
The current PBE-QAG is not recommended for use in its present form.
Further validation is suggested, incorporating more challenging items and evaluating the questionnaire in larger populations, particularly individuals with stroke.