[Cross-cultural adaptation and reliability analyses of the Southampton Assessment of Mobility to assess mobility of Brazilian elderly with dementia].
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.
Pereira
Leani Souza Máximo
LS
Departamento de Fisioterapia, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brasil. leanismp.bh@zaz.com.br
Marra
Taís Almeida
TA
Faria
Christina Danielli Coelho de Morais
CD
Pereira
Daniele Sirineu
DS
Martins
Maria Aparecida Alves
MA
Dias
João Marcos Domingues
JM
Dias
Rosângela Corrêa
RC
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