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dc.contributor.authorKuys, Suzanne
dc.contributor.authorBrauer, Sandra
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-03T11:50:08Z
dc.date.available2017-05-03T11:50:08Z
dc.date.issued2006
dc.date.modified2009-12-17T22:32:01Z
dc.identifier.issn14406381
dc.identifier.doi10.1111/j.1741-6612.2006.00169.x
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/27709
dc.description.abstractObjective: To establish concurrent validity, interrater and test-retest reliability of the Modified Elderly Mobility Scale (MEMS). Methods: Ninety elderly patients were scored on the MEMS. To establish concurrent validity, 75 patients MEMS scores were compared to Functional Independence Measure (FIM) scores using Spearman's correlation. Videotaped patient performances were used to establish interrater and test-retest reliability using percentage absolute agreement and intraclass correlation coefficients (ICCs). Results: The total MEMS score demonstrated a significant association with the motor (r = 0.725) and total FIM scores (r = 0.718). Absolute agreement for interrater reliability was greater than 93% for all test items, with 97 and 98% for the two new measures, respectively. Test-retest reliability demonstrated similar high levels of absolute agreement and had ICCs ranging from 0.870 to 1.0. Conclusions: The MEMS is a quick, valid and reliable test of motor function of elderly patients with a spread of functional levels.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.description.publicationstatusYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherWiley-Blackwell Publishing Asia
dc.publisher.placeAustralia
dc.publisher.urihttp://www.wiley.com/bw/journal.asp?ref=1440-6381
dc.relation.ispartofstudentpublicationN
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom140
dc.relation.ispartofpageto144
dc.relation.ispartofissue3
dc.relation.ispartofjournalAustralasian Journal on Ageing
dc.relation.ispartofvolume25
dc.rights.retentionY
dc.subject.fieldofresearchMedical and Health Sciences
dc.subject.fieldofresearchStudies in Human Society
dc.subject.fieldofresearchPsychology and Cognitive Sciences
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode11
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode16
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode17
dc.titleValidation and reliability of the Modified Elderly Mobility Scale
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
gro.date.issued2006
gro.hasfulltextNo Full Text
gro.griffith.authorKuys, Suzanne S.


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