Inventory of French-Language Instruments for Research on Aging

The Network’s Inventory of French-Language Instruments for Research on Aging describes a wide array of instruments available in French for conducting research on various topics related to aging, such as loss of autonomy, depression, and caregiver burden. This inventory includes an up-to-date description of each instrument and the results of reliability and validity tests to which it has been subjected.

To access instrument descriptions from this inventory, use the list below, in which the instruments are grouped in alphabetical order of the French names of the research topics. (For example, to see what instruments are available in French for assessing psychological distress, scroll down to Détresse psychologique.) Then click the link for the particular instrument you want to learn about. A descriptive record for this instrument is then displayed, including results of validity and reliability tests that have been run on it. If the name of the instrument appears as an underlined link in the descriptive record, you can click this link to access the instrument itself.

Many of the instruments available through this inventory are protected by copyright. Before using them, make sure to contact their authors or translators for permission.