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Estimating activity duration by momentary time-sampling of part or all of the day.

Mansell, Jim, Beadle-Brown, Julie (2011) Estimating activity duration by momentary time-sampling of part or all of the day. Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 24 (5). pp. 489-494. ISSN 1360-2322. (doi:10.1111/j.1468-3148.2011.00629.x) (The full text of this publication is not currently available from this repository. You may be able to access a copy if URLs are provided) (KAR id:29299)

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Abstract

Background: Studies of engagement in meaningful activity often focus on a short period during the afternoon. The question arises whether this produces different results from studies covering the whole day.

Methods: Data collected for 18 individuals using a 20-s momentary time-sample from 08:00 to 19:00 over a number of days for each person were analysed. Duration of behaviours was compared when estimated from a 2-h period between 16:00 and 18:00 and the period 08:00-16:00 and 18:00-19:00.

Results: No significant differences at P < 0.01 were found for engagement in meaningful activity, two-way interaction or 24 of the 26 behaviour codes used. Longer duration during the period 16:00-18:00 was found for personal care, which includes eating, and for neutral staff contact in institutions only. No differences were found for any code in housing.

Conclusion Observation of activity during the period before and during the evening meal by momentary time-sampling can be used to estimate overall levels of engagement in meaningful activity, two-way interaction and total staff contact, together with other behaviours, with the exception of personal care and neutral contact from staff in institutional settings. Further research is needed to confirm this result.

Item Type: Article
DOI/Identification number: 10.1111/j.1468-3148.2011.00629.x
Uncontrolled keywords: engagement in meaningful activity;intellectual disabilities;momentary time-sampling;observation
Subjects: H Social Sciences
Divisions: Divisions > Division for the Study of Law, Society and Social Justice > School of Social Policy, Sociology and Social Research > Tizard
Depositing User: Julie Beadle-Brown
Date Deposited: 19 Apr 2012 13:33 UTC
Last Modified: 16 Nov 2021 10:07 UTC
Resource URI: https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/29299 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes)

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Mansell, Jim.

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Beadle-Brown, Julie.

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