BioPsychoSocial
Assessment Tools for the Elderly - Assessment Summary Sheet
Test: Physical
and Mental Impairment-of-Function Evaluation (PAMIE)
Year:
1972
Domain:
Biological, Psychological, Social
Assessment
Tool Category: General
Health, Mental Health
Variations/Translations:
N/A
Assessment
Setting: Clinical
Method of
Delivery: Staff-administered
questionnaire
Description:
The PAMIE is a clinical rating scale that
records physical, psychological and social disability in
chronically ill, institutionalized elderly patients. It is
completed by a caregiver or clinician familiar with the patient.
It features 77 items mainly concerned observable behaviours during
the preceding week. All but the first three items use a yes/no
answer format.
Scoring/Interpretation:
Scoring for the first three items differs from
the rest. The remaining items are given a Roman numeral,
indicating the scale on which it is counted. 10 factors are
considered: self-care; belligerence/irritability, mental
confusion, anxiety/depression, bedfast/moribund, behavioural
deterioration, paranoia/suspicion, sensory and motor function,
withdrawn/apathetic, and ambulation. Factor scores may be added to
give three or more general scores representing physical infirmity,
psychological deterioration and psychological agitation.
Time to
Administer: 10-15 minutes
Availability:
Contact author (below).
Software: N/A
Website: N/A
Quantitative/Qualitative:
Quantitative
Validity
(Quantitative): The factor structure
of the scale was examined and ten factors were derived. Several of
the factors were substantially correlated and a second-order
factor analysis provided three factors – physical infirmity
(ambulation, sensory and motor functions, bedfastness),
psychological deterioration (mental confusion, withdrawal/apathy,
deterioration in behaviour/appearance) and psychological agitation
(paranoia and suspicion, irritability/belligerence,
anxiety/depression). (No values
reported)
Reliability
(Quantitative): Alpha internal
consistency coefficients for the factor scores ranged from 0.67 to
0.91.
References:
Gurel, L., Linn,
M.W., & Linn, B.S. (1972). Physical and Mental
Impairment-of-Function Evaluation in the aged: the PAMIE scale. J
Gerontol, 27, 83-90.
Comments:
N/A
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