CORE--MEASUREMENT

测量核心（MC）继续的广泛目标是：(1)继续评估少数民族老年人生活质量评估技术使用的同行评审的已发表报告，这一次重点关注情感痛苦（抑郁症和情绪障碍）；(2)撰写总结报告，批判性地评估少数民族老年人情感健康相关生活质量领域的现有测量文献，并建议未来需要发展/研究的领域；(3)将这些信息传播给对少数民族老龄化感兴趣的研究人员；(4)与CALME方法和数据核心以及其他测量核心合作，制定具有文化敏感性的措施；(5)与CALME的研究者发展核心合作，指导新的研究者；(6)与方法和数据核心一起，并与其他rmarc -测量核心合作，为“题库”或“题库”做出贡献，其编制将由协调中心协调。为了实现这些目标，MC将对过去二十年（982-2002）发表的文献进行广泛而批判性的回顾，以及使用与方法和数据核心一起开发的协议在过去周期中检查认知的关键早期工作。将以表格、报告和出版物的形式总结调查结果，并通过科学期刊的出版物加以传播；

The broad goals for continuation for the Measurement Core (MC) are: (1) to continue to evaluate peer-reviewed published reports of the use of assessment techniques for quality of life in minority elders, this time with a focus on affective suffering (depression and mood disorders); (2) to produce a summary report critically evaluating the existing literature on measurement of affective health related quality of life domains in minority elders, and recommending future areas in need of development/research; (3) to disseminate this information to researchers interested in minority aging; (4) to work with the CALME Methods and Data Core and other Measurement Cores in the development of culturally sensitive measures; (5) to collaborate with CALME's Investigator Development Core in mentoring new investigators; and, (6) in conjunction with the Methods and Data Core and in collaboration with the other RCMAR-Measurement Cores, to contribute to an "item bank" or "item pool," the compilation of which will be coordinated by the Coordinating Center. In order to accomplish these goals, the MC will conduct an extensive and critical review of published literature spanning the last twenty years (l 982-2002), as well as key earlier work using the protocol developed in conjunction with the Methods and Data Core for the examination of cognition during the past cycle. Findings will be summarized in the form of tables, reports and publications and disseminated through publications in scientific journals, presentations at scientific meetings, and presentations at seminars promoted by CALME in and outside the institution. Performing its mentoring role, the MC will assist pilot PIs in the selection and/or the development of measures for their projects. In addition, the MC will work closely with the Methods and Data Core, other RCMAR-Measurement Cores and the Coordinating Center in identifying areas where new and improved measures are needed, in the development of culturally-sensitive instruments, and in the development of an "item bank."