ARMT Scoring
Scoring the ARMT requires a pencil and a calculator. Responses are given on a 1-5 Likert scale, whereby 5 = Strongly Agree and 1 = Strongly Disagree.
Five scores are generated:
Total Score. A measure of emotional and attitudinal readiness to cope with present &/or future mobility loss, including the four subscales described below.
Subscales:
- Anticipatory Anxiety (AA). Anxiety and felt concern about loss of personal integrity and independence in the face of significant mobility loss.
- Perceived Burden (PB). Worry associated with becoming overly dependent and a burden on others.
- Avoidance (Av). A general resistance to address the topic of mobility loss.
- Adverse Situation (AS). A general perception of significant mobility loss as very harmful to individual well-being and quality of life.
These numbers are circled during the administration phase. Then, later, the professional transfer the numbers, first to the Total Score column, and also to the boxes below each of the four Subscale Scores.
Sum the Total and Subscale responses on page 1 and transfer the products to the lower right side of page 2. Next, you use your calculator to derive the mean scores for the Total Score (which is the primary score for use in MTC) and the four Subscale Scores.