The Cultural Adaptation of the Everyday Problems Test-Greek Version: An Instrument to Examine Everyday Functioning.

Abstract

Assessing cognitive decline and everyday functioning (EvF) in older age is valuable in detecting age-related neurological disorders. In Greece, there is a lack of sensitive instruments that capture fluctuations in EvF among older persons who are cognitively healthy or have subtle cognitive impairments. The EPT 28-items test, a widely used paper-and-pencil EvF measure, was translated in Greek and adapted to the Greek culture in this study. A multi-step methodology using a sample of 139 older Greek persons was employed. The results indicate that the Greek version of the EPT 28-items (i.e., the EPT-G) was well adapted, representing everyday tasks in Greece within a good range of task difficulty. The psychometric properties of the EPT-G replicate those of the original instrument, capturing EvF fluctuations among older persons with mild cognitive impairments. It was concluded that the EPT-G is a useful measure of EvF among Greek older persons

Bibliographic Details

Authors
Pavlidis G, Hatzifilalithis S, Marwan Zawaher N, Papaioannou G, Giagkousiklidou E, Vivas AB.
Publisher
SAGE and Open Access page (https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/open-access-at-sage).
Publication date
05/07/2021
Bibliographic citation
Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine, 7. ISSN 2333-7214
Rights status
Free to use
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