Relative and absolute reliability of functional performance measures for adults with dementia living in residential aged care

International Psychogeriatrics

Volumn 26, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 1659-1667

  Fox, Benjamin ^a   Henwood, Timothy ^a,b   Neville, Christine ^a   Keogh, Justin ^b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b BOND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c AUCKLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (New Zealand)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE SUNSHINE COAST   (Australia)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's; balance; dementia; measurement; mobility; psychometrics; reliability; strength

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANALYTIC METHOD; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BALANCE OUTCOME MEASURE FOR ELDER REHAB; BIOELECTRIC IMPEDANCE ANALYSIS; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DEMENTIA; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; FUNCTIONAL STATUS ASSESSMENT; GRIP STRENGTH; HUMAN; MALE; MEASUREMENT ERROR; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; PILOT STUDY; RESIDENTIAL CARE; SHORT PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE BATTERY; STANDING; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; WALKING; CLASSIFICATION; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HOME FOR THE AGED; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VERY ELDERLY;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; POSTURAL BALANCE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 84931578948     PISSN: 10416102     EISSN: 1741203X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1041610214001124     Document Type: Article

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