EMS-I: Validation of the Italian Version of the Elderly Mobility Scale

Scientific Institute for Research Hospitalization and Healthcare (IRCCS)

Status

Completed

Conditions

Physical Functional Performance

Treatments

Other: Italian Validation of the Italian Elderly Mobility Scale (EMS-I)

Study type

Observational

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT05806242

INRCA_003_2023

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study is an observational study that aims to validate the Elderly Mobility Scale (EMS) in Italian (EMS-I) by comparison with the Barthel Index scale, already validated in Italian. Furthermore this study wants to evaluate the inter-rater reliability comparing the scores assigned to the same sample of patients by two independent evaluators. The study population includes 50 elderly in-patients eligible for physiotherapy.

Full description

This study is an observational study that aims to validate the Elderly Mobility Scale (EMS) in Italian (EMS-I) by comparison with the Barthel Index scale, already validated in Italian.

The Elderly Mobility Scale (EMS) is considered a suitable tool to assess basic motor function in hospitalized geriatric patients. It has shown good psychometric characteristics.

The study process requires a standardized translation protocol, including forward and backward translation. The protocol provides enrollment of 50 geriatric in-patients eligible for physiotherapy admitted to IRCCS-INRCA Hospital. Two physiotherapists independently evaluate the same enrolled patient with Italian EMS (EMS-I) and Barthel Index.

Enrollment

50 patients

Sex

All

Ages

65+ years old

Volunteers

No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria