title: [Cross-cultural adaptation and reliability analyses of the Southampton Assessment of Mobility to assess mobility of Brazilian elderly with dementia].
abstract: The objective was to perform a cross-cultural adaptation of the Southampton Assessment of Mobility and test its intra- and inter-examiner reliability for Brazilian elderly living in the community and diagnosed with dementia, with severity classified according to the Clinical Dementia Rating. The instrument was applied to 107 elderly (76.26 years +/- 7.59; 27.1% males, 72.9% females) diagnosed with dementia by the geriatric clinic at the university hospital of the Federal University in Minas Gerais. From the initial group, a randomized sample of 39 elderly (76.85 years +/- 7.75; 23.1% males, 76.9% females) was selected for the reliability tests. The statistical tool was the kappa test. The respective reliability indices were: mild dementia - 0.89-0.86; moderate - 0.79-0.85; and severe - 0.53-0.49. After cross-cultural adaptation and reliability tests, the instrument proved adequate for the target population, with "near-perfect" reliability for mild and moderate dementia. For severe dementia, the reliability was moderate.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Fisioterapia, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brasil. leanismp.bh@zaz.com.br
authors.forename: Leani Souza Máximo
authors.initials: LS
authors.lastname: Pereira
authors.forename: Taís Almeida
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Marra
authors.forename: Christina Danielli Coelho de Morais
authors.initials: CD
authors.lastname: Faria
authors.forename: Daniele Sirineu
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Pereira
authors.forename: Maria Aparecida Alves
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Martins
authors.forename: João Marcos Domingues
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Dias
authors.forename: Rosângela Corrêa
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Dias
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001938:Brazil; D015331:Cohort Studies; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D003466:Cultural Characteristics; D003704:Dementia / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005260:Female; D015577:Geriatric Assessment / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D051346:Mobility Limitation; D015588:Observer Variation; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014175:Translating