Development of the Japan Science and Technology Agency Index of Competence to Assess Functional Capacity in Older Adults

Development of the Japan Science and Technology Agency Index of Competence to Assess Functional Capacity in Older Adults

Improvement in the health of older people and changes in their lifestyles necessitate a scale that can better measure their competence at a higher level. This study describes the development process of the Japan Science and Technology Agency Index of Competence (JST-IC) by (a) refining conceptual de...

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Main Authors: Hajime Iwasa PhD, Yukie Masui PhD, Hiroki Inagaki PhD, Yuko Yoshida PhD, Hiroyuki Shimada PhD, RPT, Rika Otsuka MA, Kazunori Kikuchi MA, Kumiko Nonaka PhD, Hiroto Yoshida PhD, Hideyo Yoshida MD, PhD, Takao Suzuki MD, PhD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2015-10-01
Series:Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/2333721415609490

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