Rasch analysis of the hierarchical assessment of balance and mobility (HABAM)

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 53, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 1242-1247

  MacKnight, Chris ^a   Rockwood, Kenneth ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Balance; Frail elderly; Geriatric assessment; Hospital; Locomotion; Mobility; Rasch analysis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; BODY MOVEMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOCOMOTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NOVA SCOTIA;

EID: 0034533408     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0895-4356(00)00255-9     Document Type: Article

References (38)

1. On the statistical treatment of football numbers
2. Ordinal scales and foundations of misinference
3. Observations are always ordinal; measurements, however, must be interval
4. Interpretation of change scores in ordinal clinical scales and health status measures; the whole may not equal the sum of the parts
5. Measuring functional status in rehabilitation
6. Does musculoskeletal function deteriorate in a predictable sequence in the elderly?
7. Applying psychometric criteria to functional assessment in medical rehabilitation; II. defining interval measures
8. Evaluation of the MOS SF-36 physical functioning scale (PF-10); I. unidimensionality and reproducibility of the Rasch item scale
9. Rehabits; a common language of functional assessment
10. Evaluation of the MOS SF-36 Physical Functioning Scale (PF-10); II. Comparison of relative precision using Likert and Rasch scoring methods
11. A brief outpatient functional assessment measure; validity using Rasch measures
12. Measuring functional competence in older persons with Alzheimer's disease
13. Abilhand; a Rasch-built measure of manual ability
14. Rasch analysis in the development of a rating scale for assessment of mobility after stroke
15. Functional scale discrimination at admission and discharge; Rasch analysis of the Level of Rehabilitation Scale-III
16. Rasch analysis of the Functional Independence Measure (FIM) Mastery Test
17. Illness presentation in elderly patients
18. The atypical presentation of infection in old age
19. Shared risk factors for falls, incontinence, and functional dependence; unifying the approach to geriatric syndromes
20. Assessing mobility in elderly people. A review of performance-based measures of balance, gait and mobility for bedside use
21. A hierarchical assessment of balance and mobility
22. Mobility and balance in the elderly: a guide to bedside assessment
23. The multi-dimensionality of the FIM motor items precludes an interval scaling using Rasch analysis
24. Frailty in elderly people; an evolving concept
25. Goal attainment scaling as a measure of clinically important change in nursing-home residents
26. A physician-centred intervention to shorten hospital stay; a pilot study
27. Hospitalization and Alzheimer's disease; results from a community-based study
28. New walking dependence associated with hospitalization for acute medical illness; incidence and significance
29. Falls, injuries due to falls, and the risk of admission to a nursing home
30. The use of Goal Attainment Scaling in a geriatric care setting
31. Use of Goal Attainment Scaling to measure clinically important change in the frail elderly
32. Use of Goal Attainment Scaling in measuring clinically important change in cognitive rehabilitation patients