What Does This Question Mean To You? Cognitive Interviewing to Pretest a Questionnaire for Older Adults

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dc.contributor.advisorSahyoun, Nadineen_US
dc.contributor.authorEnagonio, Elisabeth Maryen_US
dc.contributor.departmentNutritionen_US
dc.contributor.publisherDigital Repository at the University of Marylanden_US
dc.contributor.publisherUniversity of Maryland (College Park, Md.)en_US
dc.date.accessioned2006-09-12T06:03:17Z
dc.date.available2006-09-12T06:03:17Z
dc.date.issued2006-08-10en_US
dc.description.abstractSeven cognitive interviews were conducted in adults aged 80 and older to pretest a questionnaire for the Community Connections - Moving Seniors Toward Wellness research project. Respondents participated in intensive one-on-one interviews. The questionnaire was administered, and respondents were probed for comprehension of question content. Older adults with physical limitations answered questions about depression based on physical rather than emotional status, made distinctions between capacity and performance regarding physical function, and failed to understand key medical terms. Wording of questions about personal hardiness was confusing to older adults. The findings were used to simplify wording throughout the questionnaire. Survey designers should be aware that questions about depression may be testing physical rather than emotional status. Questions about physical function should make a distinction between capacity and performance. Common language rather than medical terminology should be used when surveying older adults. Rewritten hardiness questions may be useful in assessing older adults.en_US
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dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1903/3909
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.subject.pqcontrolledGerontologyen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledcognitive testingen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledquestionnaire designen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledolder adultsen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrollednutritionen_US
dc.titleWhat Does This Question Mean To You? Cognitive Interviewing to Pretest a Questionnaire for Older Adultsen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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