Reliable or not? The test-retest reliability of the Timed Up and Go (TUG), the 6 metre walk test, the Sit to Stand test (STS) and grip strength in older people with dementia.

Peterson Snoeck, D. (Dominique) (2008) Reliable or not? The test-retest reliability of the Timed Up and Go (TUG), the 6 metre walk test, the Sit to Stand test (STS) and grip strength in older people with dementia. thesis, Human Movement Sciences.

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Abstract

Background: Until recently, gait problems in people with dementia were hardly recognised. Nowadays, more research is done by elderly demented people, for example to get insight in gait problems or with the use of gait. Strangely enough, these studies all used physical tests, which are not extensively tested on reliability in the population of older people with dementia. Goal: To investigate the reliability of the Timed Up and Go (TUG), the 6 metre walk test, the Sit to Stand test (STS) and grip strength in older people with dementia and to investigate whether the reliability depends on the degree of cognitive deterioration. Method: 17 older subjects with signs of any type of dementia and with a mean age of 81,8 ± 6,6 years. The subjects were classified in a less impaired demented and a more impaired demented group based on neuropsychological tests. Participants were tested at 4 test moments. Results: Results show good to excellent test retest reliability on almost all the tests, for both groups. There is no significant difference in the reliability between the groups. Results also show that the reliability did not significantly change over time. Conclusion: The findings suggest that the TUG, the STS, the 6-metre-walk test and Grip strength have a good to excellent test retest reliability in people with dementia and the reliability does not depend on the degree of cognitive deterioration. Because of several limitations, these results can not be generalised to the total population of elderly people with dementia.

Item Type:	Thesis (Thesis)
Supervisor name:	Heuvelen, Dr. M.J.G. van and Blankevoort, Drs. C.G.
Faculty:	Medical Sciences
Date Deposited:	25 Jun 2020 10:46
Last Modified:	25 Jun 2020 10:46
URI:	https://umcg.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/752

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