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JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN GERIATRICS SOCIETY
Volume 56, Issue 7, Pages 1213-1217Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2008.01773.x
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mobility; balance; measurement; frailty; comprehensive geriatric assessment; clinical state variable
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OBJECTIVES: To study the test-retest and interrater reliability of the Hierarchical Assessment of Balance and Mobility (HABAM) in frail older adults. DESIGN: Convenience sample of 167 frail older adults seen as part of routine care by an academic geriatrician at a tertiary care teaching hospital. SETTING: Inpatient medical and geriatric wards, geriatric ambulatory care clinic, emergency department, home visits. PARTICIPANTS: The interrater reliability sample consisted of 98 inpatients and 69 outpatients. The test-retest reliability sample tracked 63 of the inpatients over the first 2 days of their hospital stay. MEASUREMENTS: Mobility and balance were assessed using the HABAM. Frailty was assessed using a frailty index based on a standardized Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment. Reliability was assessed using Pearson correlations and the intraclass correlation coefficients. RESULTS: The interrater reliability of the HABAM was 0.92 and ranged from 0.88 to 0.96 across settings for the various components (balance, transfers, mobility). Test-retest reliability was 0.91 (range 0.85-0.92). CONCLUSION: The HABAM appears to be a reliable means of assessing mobility and balance in frail older adults.
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