Outcome Measures for Balance Flashcards
1
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Outcome Measure Examples
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- Activities-Specific Balance Confidence Scale
- Tinetti-Falls Efficacy Scale
- BESTest/Mini-BESTest
- Berg
- Functional reach
- TUG
- DGI
2
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What to measure?
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- ICF domains
- Impairment/activity/participation
- balance domains
3
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Purpose of Measure?
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- discriminative
- predict (important)
- evaluative (important)
4
Q
discriminative measures
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-puts people into groups
5
Q
Types of measurement
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- generic vs disease specific
- self-report vs performance based
6
Q
Psychometrics
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- reliability
- validity
- responsiveness
7
Q
evaluative measure
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- determines effect of intervention
- track change over time
- MCD
- MCID
8
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Feasibility
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- cost
- equipment
- training
- time
- respondent burning
9
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Predictive
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- sensitivity
- specificity
10
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ABC
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- activities specivic balance test
- generic
- self-report
- about balance
- perception of ability to complete various tasks w/o losing balance or becoming unsteady
- 16 items, rate 0-100%
11
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FES
A
Falls Efficacy Scale
- generic
- self-report
- about falling
- perception of ability to complete various tasks w/o falling
- 10 items on 10 pt scale
12
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BESTest
A
- balance evaluation systems test
- generic
- performance-based
- ID underlying postural control systems responsible for poor functional balance
- 27 tasks/36 items, 3-4 point scale
- 20-30 min
