Reliability of 4-m and 6-m walking speed tests in elderly people with cognitive impairment

Abstract The purpose of this study was to evaluate the interrater and test–retest reliability of 4-m and 6-m walking speed tests in elderly people with cognitive impairment. 50 subjects aged 65 and over with cognitive impairment were selected from an adult day-care centre and a nursing home. To exam...

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Veröffentlicht in:Archives of gerontology and geriatrics 2011-03, Vol.52 (2), p.e67-e70
Hauptverfasser: Muñoz-Mendoza, Carmen L, Cabañero-Martínez, M. Jose, Millán-Calenti, Jose C, Cabrero-García, Julio, López-Sánchez, Rosalía, Maseda-Rodríguez, Ana
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Zusammenfassung:Abstract The purpose of this study was to evaluate the interrater and test–retest reliability of 4-m and 6-m walking speed tests in elderly people with cognitive impairment. 50 subjects aged 65 and over with cognitive impairment were selected from an adult day-care centre and a nursing home. To examine interrater reliability, 21 people were evaluated independently by two researchers who administered the 4-m and 6-m walking tests in each evaluation. For test–retest reliability, two observers administered the tests to the same 29 subjects, with a time interval of one week. Intraclass correlation coefficients (ICCs) were calculated to examine interrater and test–retest reliability. The ICCs for interrater reliability reached values of 0.96 and 0.88 for the 4-m and 6-m walking tests, respectively. In the test–retest study, the time interval was 7.4 ± 1.17 days. The ICCs were 0.91 for the 4-m test and 0.86 for the 6-m test. The results support the use of walking tests in elderly people with cognitive impairment.
ISSN:0167-4943
1872-6976
DOI:10.1016/j.archger.2010.06.020