Affiliations: [a]
Department of Occupational Therapy, College of Medicine, Fu Jen Catholic University, New Taipei City, Taiwan
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Department of Computer Science and Information Engineering, College of Science and Engineering, Fu Jen Catholic University, New Taipei City, Taiwan
| [c] Division of Psychiatry, Fu Jen Catholic University Hospital, New Taipei City, Taiwan
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Department of Graduate Institute of Applied Science and Engineering, College of Science and Engineering, Fu Jen Catholic University, New Taipei City, Taiwan
| [e] Department of Psychiatry, Cathay General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
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Department of Occupational Therapy, Taipei City Psychiatric Center, Taipei City Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
Correspondence:
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Address for correspondence: Jia-Hui Hsiao, Division of Psychiatry, Cathay General Hospital, 510 Chung Cheng Rd, Hsin-chuang, New Taipei City, Taiwan, 24205. Tel.: +886 2 29053408; E-mail: enochs@seed.net.tw.
Abstract: BACKGROUND:In recent years, the elderly population has increasingly worked in various workplaces. Hence, measurements to assess the work attention of the elderly has become an important need. OBJECTIVES:The aims of this research project are to develop an iPad-based attention assessment tool, “Shih-Hsu Test of Attention” (SHTA) for work attention, that adopts touchscreen as the medium interface, and to explore criterion-related validity and test-retest reliability of this new attention assessment tool for elders. METHODS:Thirty-one participants aged between 65–85 years were recruited in this study on a voluntary basis. Each participant was assessed two times. The participants completed both the SHTA and Chu’s Attention Test (CAT), and the SHTA was used to test participants after three weeks. RESULTS:The analytical results demonstrate that the SHTA has acceptable criterion-related validity (γ= 0.400, p < 0.05*) and test-retest reliability (ICC = 0.920, p < 0.01**). CONCLUSIONS:Our preliminary findings show that the iPad-based auditory attention assessment tool, SHTA, has satisfactory criterion-related validity and test-retest reliability, which supports the use of SHTA as an attention assessment tool for older employees.
Keywords: Work attention, criterion-related validity, test-retest reliability
