NCT05806242

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

• Status: Completed
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 50 (actual)
• Sponsor: Istituto Nazionale di Ricovero e Cura per Anziani · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 65 Years
• Healthy volunteers: —

Summary

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.

Detailed 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.

Conditions

• Physical Functional Performance

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Italian Validation of the Italian Elderly Mobility Scale (EMS-I)	Two physiotherapists independently evaluate the same enrolled patient with the Italian Elderly Mobility Scale (EMS-I) and Barthel Index

Timeline

• Start date: 2022-09-06
• Primary completion: 2023-06-30
• Completion: 2023-06-30
• First posted: 2023-04-10
• Last updated: 2023-10-23

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Italy