@article{ref1,
title="Reliability of the Hierarchical Assessment of Balance and Mobility in Frail Older Adults",
journal="Journal of the American Geriatrics Society",
year="2008",
author="Rockwood, Kenneth and Rockwood, Michael R. H. and Andrew, Melissa K. and Mitnitski, Arnold",
volume="56",
number="7",
pages="1213-1217",
abstract="<p><b>OBJECTIVES: </b> To study the test–retest and interrater reliability of the Hierarchical Assessment of Balance and Mobility (HABAM) in frail older adults.</p> <p><b>DESIGN: </b> Convenience sample of 167 frail older adults seen as part of routine care by an academic geriatrician at a tertiary care teaching hospital.</p> <p><b>SETTING: </b> Inpatient medical and geriatric wards, geriatric ambulatory care clinic, emergency department, home visits.</p> <p><b>PARTICIPANTS: </b> The interrater reliability sample consisted of 98 inpatients and 69 outpatients. The test–retest reliability sample tracked 63 of the inpatients over the first 2 days of their hospital stay.</p> <p><b>MEASUREMENTS: </b> Mobility and balance were assessed using the HABAM. Frailty was assessed using a frailty index based on a standardized Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment. Reliability was assessed using Pearson correlations and the intraclass correlation coefficients.</p> <p><b>RESULTS: </b> The interrater reliability of the HABAM was 0.92 and ranged from 0.88 to 0.96 across settings for the various components (balance, transfers, mobility). Test–retest reliability was 0.91 (range 0.85–0.92).</p> <p><b>CONCLUSION: </b> The HABAM appears to be a reliable means of assessing mobility and balance in frail older adults.</p><p />",
language="",
issn="0002-8614",
doi="10.1111/j.1532-5415.2008.01773.x",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1532-5415.2008.01773.x"
}