A systematic review of mobility instruments and their measurement properties for older acute medical patients
Open Access
- 1 January 2008
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Springer Science and Business Media LLC in Health and Quality of Life Outcomes
- Vol. 6 (1), 44
- https://doi.org/10.1186/1477-7525-6-44
Abstract
Independent mobility is a key factor in determining readiness for discharge for older patients following acute hospitalisation and has also been identified as a predictor of many important outcomes for this patient group. This review aimed to identify a physical performance instrument that is not disease specific that has the properties required to accurately measure and monitor the mobility of older medical patients in the acute hospital setting.This publication has 29 references indexed in Scilit:
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