Frail Elderly, Functionally-Impaired Elderly, Locomotor Activity
Conditions
Brief summary
This study evaluates the reliability of the French version of the elderly mobility scale and its correlation with the frailty elderly scale
Detailed description
The research question: How to effectively measure the physical independence of the elderly at home and how, from this measure, the investigators can determine the fragility threshold of the elderly. The elderly mobility scale measures the critical points of the patient's physical autonomy. This scale was developed in Great Britain. The purpose of this study is to establish the reliability of this French version scale and to study the correlation with the elderly scale fragility. People are recruited by a Medical consultant. After consent, their frailty is measured and a prescription is done to see a Physical therapist. The physical therapist will evaluate the physical points measured/ mentioned in the Elderly Mobility Scale, twice in a week, with two different assessors.
Interventions
OTHERElderly Mobility Scale
The Elderly Mobility Scale was devised to assess the mobility of fragile elderly people, and contains seven items considered as essential for performing the basic activities of the daily routine: Lying down to sitting, sitting to lying down, sitting to standing, standing, Gait/ work on body posture, timed walk (6 meters) and work on Functional Reach/movements?
OTHERFrailty scale
6 questions are asked to the person about his or her living conditions to determine the level of frailty. The scale is produced by the board High Health Authority
Sponsors
Pole Santé Plouasne Saint Pern Becherel
Study design
Observational model
COHORT
Time perspective
PROSPECTIVE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
70 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
* living at home, more than 70 years old
Exclusion criteria
* current recovery for orthopaedic problems * Cognition impairment * all acute problems with an impairment of mobility
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| inter-rater Reliability | Time Frame: Up to One week | intraclass correlation coefficient with data : Elderly Mobility Scale score between rater one and rater two |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Concurrent Validity | Time Frame: Up to One week | correlation coefficient between Elderly Mobility Scale and Frailty scale |
| sensibility and specificity | Time Frame: Up to One week | sensibility and specificity of Elderly Mobility Scale regarding Frailty |
| Receiver Operating Curve and cut-off score | Time Frame: Up to One week | Determination of a cut-off score for Elderly Mobility Scale as a screening tool to detect the frailty by use of Receiver Operating Characteristics curve |
Countries
France
Outcome results
None listed