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Sensitivity to change and responsiveness of four balance measures for community-dwelling older adults.

Abstract：

BACKGROUND:Impaired balance has a significant negative impact on mobility, functional independence, and fall risk in older adults. Although several, well-respected balance measures are currently in use, there is limited evidence regarding the most appropriate measure to assess change in community-dwelling older adults. OBJECTIVE:The aim of this study was to compare floor and ceiling effects, sensitivity to change, and responsiveness across the following balance measures in community-dwelling elderly people with functional limitations: Berg Balance Scale (BBS), Performance-Oriented Mobility Assessment total scale (POMA-T), POMA balance subscale (POMA-B), and Dynamic Gait Index (DGI). DESIGN:Retrospective data from a 16-week exercise trial were used. Secondary analyses were conducted on the total sample and by subgroups of baseline functional limitation or baseline balance scores. METHODS:Participants were 111 community-dwelling older adults 65 years of age or older, with functional limitations. Sensitivity to change was assessed using effect size, standardized response mean, and paired t tests. Responsiveness was assessed using minimally important difference (MID) estimates. RESULTS:No floor effects were noted. Ceiling effects were observed on all measures, including in people with moderate to severe functional limitations. The POMA-T, POMA-B, and DGI showed significantly larger ceiling effects compared with the BBS. All measures had low sensitivity to change in total sample analyses. Subgroup analyses revealed significantly better sensitivity to change in people with lower compared with higher baseline balance scores. Although both the total sample and lower baseline balance subgroups showed statistically significant improvement from baseline to 16 weeks on all measures, only the lower balance subgroup showed change scores that consistently exceeded corresponding MID estimates. LIMITATIONS:This study was limited to comparing 4 measures of balance, and anchor-based methods for assessing MID could not be reported. CONCLUSIONS:Important limitations, including ceiling effects and relatively low sensitivity to change and responsiveness, were noted across all balance measures, highlighting their limited utility across the full spectrum of the community-dwelling elderly population. New, more challenging measures are needed for better discrimination of balance ability in community-dwelling elderly people at higher functional levels.

journal_name

Phys Ther

journal_title

Physical therapy

authors

Pardasaney PK,Latham NK,Jette AM,Wagenaar RC,Ni P,Slavin MD,Bean JF

doi

10.2522/ptj.20100398

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2012-03-01 00:00:00

pages

388-97

issue

eissn

0031-9023

issn

1538-6724

pii

ptj.20100398

journal_volume

pub_type

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Sensitivity to change and responsiveness of four balance measures for community-dwelling older adults.