Abstract
Accurate knowledge about older adults is desirable for research into aging populations. The Palmore Facts on Aging Quiz (FAQ) has been one of the most widely used measures of knowledge about aging that has been used in English-speaking countries. The original true-false version has largely been replaced by the current multiple-choice format. Here I present data on a Canadian multiple-choice FAQ from 172 older adult residents in the community with a mean age of 70.3 years old (SD = 8.88). The mean percentage correct on the Canadian FAQ-2C was 54.4%, a proportion higher than the recent Australian data and some older American data on older adults. The Canadian adaptation of the modified Australian multiple-choice version demonstrates the value of the local verification of FAQ items’ scoring key if the knowledge assessed by the FAQ is to be used accurately in a different country or if the local scoring key was developed several years earlier.
Highlights
Aging populations are currently a feature of many countries of the world. This is evident for those countries like Canada that experienced a baby-boom in the years following World War II. Such countries are likely to have demographic features that make the direct adoption and widespread use of measures based on American data, such as the Palmore Facts on Aging Quiz [1] (FAQ), questionable
Previous work [2] resulted in the development of the Canadian adaptation of the original true-false version of the FAQ, but no adapted form of the multiple-choice version is available for Canadian use
In comparison to the Australian data of 51.5% correct [6], the Canadian sample obtained a mean of 54.3% correct versus the American data of 41.0% correct [4]
Summary
Aging populations are currently a feature of many countries of the world. This is evident for those countries like Canada that experienced a baby-boom in the years following World War II. Such countries are likely to have demographic features that make the direct adoption and widespread use of measures based on American data, such as the Palmore Facts on Aging Quiz [1] (FAQ), questionable. Previous work [2] resulted in the development of the Canadian adaptation of the original true-false version of the FAQ, but no adapted form of the multiple-choice version is available for Canadian use.
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