Thesis
ASSESSING FUNCTIONAL ABILITY IN THE CLINIC WITH THE NIGHT OUT TASK
Washington State University
Master of Science (MS), Washington State University
01/2021
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.7273/000003104
Handle:
https://hdl.handle.net/2376/123257
Abstract
Among the challenges facing society today is the need to better understand and assess the trajectory of functional changes with aging. It is clear that many older adults successfully and safely age in place. It is also apparent that there is not a one-to-one relationship between cognitive changes and capacity to live independently. This suggests that there is a need to better understand the trajectory of functional changes with aging. The Night Out Task (NOT) is designed to fill an important area of need; standardized and ecologically valid assessment of functional abilities. The NOT is open-ended, complex, and allows for the measurement of both primary outcome variables (e.g., time and accuracy) and “compensation variables”, which are process-approach variables that are meant to map on to the types of compensatory strategies individuals use in their everyday lives (e.g., planning and checking). This study found the NOT is able to detect functional differences within a sample of healthy adults, comparing young adults (YAs; ages 18-39) to both young-old (YOAs; ages 60-69) and old-old (OOAs; ages 70+) cohorts. YAs performed better than the oldest group in accuracy, execution time, and number of both inefficient and inaccurate/incomplete errors. YAs additionally used fewer compensatory strategies than both older groups. Only one compensatory variable had a positive relationship to outcome; double-checking was related to improved accuracy and fewer inaccurate/incomplete errors.
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- Title
- ASSESSING FUNCTIONAL ABILITY IN THE CLINIC WITH THE NIGHT OUT TASK
- Creators
- Reanne L Chilton
- Contributors
- Maureen Schmitter-Edgecombe (Advisor)Tammy Barry (Committee Member)Sammy Perone (Committee Member)
- Awarding Institution
- Washington State University
- Academic Unit
- Psychology, Department of
- Theses and Dissertations
- Master of Science (MS), Washington State University
- Publisher
- Washington State University
- Number of pages
- 61
- Identifiers
- 99900651792801842
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Thesis