Frida Nordeström, Björn Slaug, Magnus Zingmark, Marianne Granbom, Taina Rantanen, Susanne Iwarsson
The objectives were to translate the University of Jyvaskyla Active Aging Scale (UJACAS) to Swedish, to establish semantic equivalence and evaluate psychometric properties for use among persons 55 years and older in Sweden. The UJACAS contains 17 items to be self-assessed regarding goals, abilities, opportunity, and activity. Psychometric properties content validity, data quality including floor and ceiling effects, test-retest reliability, internal consistency, and construct validity were evaluated with different samples in three phases, using state-of-the-art statistics...
January 22, 2024: Journal of Cross-cultural Gerontology