Department of Public Health and Caring Sciences, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden.
Department of Public Health and Caring Sciences, Disability and Habilitation, Uppsala University and Center for Clinical Research in Dalarna, Region Dalarna, Sweden.
Occup Ther Int. 2022 Feb 3;2022:6949102. doi: 10.1155/2022/6949102. eCollection 2022.
To perform daily activities, time management and organizational skills are essential and therefore also important intervention focus in occupational therapy. To guide and evaluate intervention, valid and reliable instruments that measure time management and organization skills are necessary. The aim of this study was to evaluate the psychometric properties of the Assessment of Time Management Skills (ATMS).
Eligible participants were volunteer adults from the general population who were aged between 18 and 65 years, had a good understanding of English, and were not currently involved in any training or education to improve time management. The ATMS was filled out as a computer-administered survey. Rasch measurement analysis was used to evaluate the validity and aspects of reliability of the ATMS.
In total, 241 adults (112 male and 129 female, mean age = 40) participated. The analysis of principal components of residuals (PCA) and the item goodness-of-fit indicated that the 30-item scale does not measure only one single trait. Three subscales, time management (11 items), organization and planning (11 items), and regulation of emotion (5 items), were detected. One item each on the 11-item subscale showed misfit, but they were kept due to high relevance. All three subscales showed excellent results on analyses of PCA, local independence, and reliability. . ATMS can provide valid measures of time management, organization and planning skills, and regulation of emotion in a general population and presumably also in a population with cognitive impairment. The measure is useful for occupational therapists in assessing patients' strengths and barriers in time management skills. It can also be useful in identifying the necessity of training time management skills, to guide OT intervention programs and to evaluate interventions. . Knowledge about the psychometric properties and usefulness of the ATMS in English-speaking countries.
为了完成日常活动,时间管理和组织技能至关重要,因此也是职业治疗的重要干预重点。为了指导和评估干预措施,需要使用有效且可靠的测量时间管理和组织技能的工具。本研究的目的是评估时间管理技能评估(ATMS)的心理测量特性。
合格的参与者是来自普通人群的志愿成年人,年龄在 18 至 65 岁之间,对英语有很好的理解,并且目前没有参与任何培训或教育来提高时间管理能力。ATMS 通过计算机管理的调查进行填写。Rasch 测量分析用于评估 ATMS 的有效性和可靠性方面。
共有 241 名成年人(112 名男性和 129 名女性,平均年龄= 40)参与了研究。残差主成分分析(PCA)和项目拟合度分析表明,30 项量表并非仅测量单一特质。检测到三个子量表,分别是时间管理(11 项)、组织和计划(11 项)和情绪调节(5 项)。在 11 项子量表的每个项目中都存在拟合不良的情况,但由于相关性高,这些项目仍被保留。所有三个子量表在 PCA、局部独立性和可靠性分析中均显示出出色的结果。ATMS 可以为一般人群(可能也包括认知障碍人群)提供有效的时间管理、组织和计划技能以及情绪调节的测量方法。该测量方法对职业治疗师评估患者在时间管理技能方面的优势和障碍很有用。它还可以帮助确定是否需要培训时间管理技能,以指导 OT 干预计划并评估干预措施。了解 ATMS 在英语国家的心理测量特性和有用性。