title: A short functional survey is responsive to changes in functional status in vulnerable older people.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate whether an abbreviated five-item functional status survey consisting of five activities of daily living (ADLs) reflects changes measured over time in a full 12-item functional status survey.
  
  
  METHODS
  Longitudinal evaluation with mean follow-up of 11 months.
  
  
  METHODS
  Two managed-care organizations in the United States.
  
  
  METHODS
  Four hundred twenty community-dwelling older people at moderate to high risk of death and functional decline enrolled in the Assessing Care of Vulnerable Elders (ACOVE) observational study.
  
  
  METHODS
  Number of ADL abilities according to the short (range 0-5) and full functional status surveys (range 0-12); change in function as defined according to a 1-point change in short score and 1- to 2-point change in full survey scores.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Changes in short functional status survey scores were highly correlated to changes in long survey scores (correlation coefficient=0.88). On average, a 1-point change in the short survey score was associated with a 1.4-point change on the long survey score (P<.001). The short survey correctly classified 93% of those who declined according to the long survey, adjusting for chance agreement (kappa=0.82) and was responsive to decline in function (sensitivity 82-94%, specificity 94-97%, and area under the receiver operating curve 0.91-0.93 for 1- to 2-point decreases in full survey ADL counts).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The short functional status survey is an efficient way to detect changes in functional status in vulnerable older populations for clinical and research purposes.
authors.affiliation: Division of Geriatrics, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA. lmin@mednet.ucla.edu
authors.forename: Lillian C
authors.initials: LC
authors.lastname: Min
authors.forename: Neil S
authors.initials: NS
authors.lastname: Wenger
authors.forename: David B
authors.initials: DB
authors.lastname: Reuben
authors.forename: Debra
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Saliba
mesh_terms: D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D015577:Geriatric Assessment; D006306:Health Surveys; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D035862:Vulnerable Populations
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