Developing and validating the Taiwan version of the meaningful activity participation assessment (T-MAPA) with Rasch analysis

Table 1 Characteristics of study participants

Characteristic	Entire sample (n = 146)		Test–retest reliability Sample (n = 49)		Convergent validity sample (n = 120)
	n	%	n	%	n	%
	(Mean ± SD, Range)		(Mean ± SD, Range)		(Mean ± SD, Range)
Age, years	(65.35 ± 6.37, 56–87)		(63.71 ± 5.44, 56–87)		(64.95 ± 5.80, 56–87)
55–65	83	56.8	30	61.2	68	56.7
66–87	63	43.2	19	38.8	52	43.3
Sex
Male	73	50	24	49.0	59	49.2
Female	73	50	25	51.0	61	50.8
Education, years
0–6	17	11.6	2	4.1	11	7.5
7–9	15	10.3	1	2.0	9	6.2
10–12	46	31.5	15	30.6	36	24.7
> 12	68	46.6	31	63.3	90	61.6
Socio-economic status ^a
Good	7	4.8	0	0	4	3.3
Fair	126	86.3	49	100	109	90.8
Poor	10	6.8	0	0	6	5.0
Very poor	3	2.1	0	0	1	0.8
Marital status
Single	2	1.4	1	2.0	1	0.8
Married/cohabitating	113	77.4	44	89.8	97	80.8
Divorced/separated	14	9.6	1	2.0	9	7.5
Widowed	17	11.6	3	6.1	13	10.8
Living arrangement
Alone	20	13.7	3	6.1	16	13.3
With others	126	86.3	46	93.9	104	86.7

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