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SynthesisAge and ageing2023

Assessing the measurement properties of life-space mobility measures in community-dwelling older adults: a systematic review.

Ayse Kuspinar, Ava Mehdipour, Marla K Beauchamp, Qiukui Hao, Emily Cino, Christopher Mikton, Jotheeswaran Amuthavalli Thiyagarajan, Theresa Diaz, Parminder Raina

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Synthesis in Age and ageing, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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9 authors.

Ayse KuspinarSchool of Rehabilitation Science, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
Ava MehdipourSchool of Rehabilitation Science, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
Marla K BeauchampSchool of Rehabilitation Science, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.ORCID 0000-0003-2843-388X
Qiukui HaoSchool of Rehabilitation Science, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
Emily CinoFaculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada.
Christopher MiktonDemographic Change and Healthy Aging Unit, Social Determinants of Health, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland.
Jotheeswaran Amuthavalli ThiyagarajanAgeing and Health Unit, Department of Maternal, Newborn, Child and Adolescent Health and Ageing, WHO HQ, Geneva, Switzerland.
Theresa DiazEpidemiology, Monitoring and Evaluation Unit, Department of Maternal, Newborn, Child and Adolescent Health and Ageing, WHO HQ, Geneva, Switzerland.
Parminder RainaMcMaster Institute for Research on Aging, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundPreserving and enhancing mobility is an important part of healthy ageing. Life-space mobility is a construct that captures actual mobility within the home and the community. The objective of this systematic review was to synthesise the measurement properties and interpretability of scores produced by life-space mobility measures in community-dwelling older adults.

methodsThis systematic review followed Consensus-based Standards for the selection of health Measurement Instruments (COSMIN). Multiple databases were searched to identify potentially relevant articles. Data extraction and assessment of methodological quality was conducted by two independent reviewers. When possible, results were quantitatively pooled for each measurement property. If studies could not be combined quantitatively, then findings were summarised qualitatively using means and percentage of confirmed hypothesis. Synthesised results were assessed against the COSMIN criteria for good measurement properties.

resultsA total of 21 full text articles were included in the review. The University of Alabama at Birmingham Study of Aging Life-Space Assessment (LSA) was the most evaluated life-space mobility measure. The LSA demonstrated content validity, internal consistency (Cronbach's alpha 0.80-0.92), reliability [intra-class correlation value 0.89 (95% confidence interval (CI): 0.80, 0.94)] and convergent validity with measures of physical function in community-dwelling older adults.

conclusionThis systematic review summarised the measurement properties of life-space mobility measures in community-dwelling older adults following COSMIN guidelines. The LSA has been translated into multiple languages and has sufficient measurement properties for assessing life-space mobility among community-dwelling older adults.

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Healthy AgingIndependent LivingAgedConsensusDatabases, FactualHumansReproducibility of Resultslife-spacemeasurement propertiesmobilityolder people

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PMID37902523
PMCPMC10615067

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