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- Title
Measuring circadian rhythms: actigraph versus activation checklist.
- Authors
Mason DJ; Tapp W
- Abstract
Temporal organization is characteristic of humans and other living systems. When this temporal organization goes awry, changes in functioning, health, and well-being may result. Studies of older adults have demonstrated that changes in rhythmicities occur with aging. Chronobiologic studies have assumed these changes to be detrimental, based on studies of the effects of desynchrony on animals and on young and middle-aged adults. However, Rogers (1970, 1986) provided an alternative perspective that can explain some of these changes as an expected developmental phenomenon. To differentiate changes in the temporal organization in older adults as a developmental phenomenon versus a correlate or indicator of illness or impairment, valid and reliable instruments with a high degree of subject acceptability are needed for longitudinal studies of rhythmicities in older adults. The present study was designed to compare the reliability, validity, and subject acceptability of two instruments for longitudinal measurement of circadian rhythms in older adults: the actigraph and the Activation-Deactivation Adjective Checklist (ADACL).
- Publication
Western Journal of Nursing Research, 1992, Vol 14, Issue 3, p358
- ISSN
0193-9459
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1177/019394599201400307