A Pilot Study for Reliability and Validity of Mini-Physical Performance Test for Chinese Male Elders
Background and purpose: Physical frailty may predict many adverse events, and it is important to identify a stable and easy clinical measurement to assess physical function for Chinese elders. Methods: We modified the mini-Physical Performance Test (PPT) of Wilkins et al by adding one-leg standing t...
| Main Authors: | , , , , , |
|---|---|
| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Taiwan Society of Geriatric Emergency and Critical Medicine (TSGECM)
2012-03-01
|
| Series: | International Journal of Gerontology |
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1873959811000937 |
| _version_ | 1811196822356492288 |
|---|---|
| author | Da-Wei Chen Jin-Wen Chen Wei Xu Wei Liu Wen-Jin Du Hua-Jun Li |
| author_facet | Da-Wei Chen Jin-Wen Chen Wei Xu Wei Liu Wen-Jin Du Hua-Jun Li |
| author_sort | Da-Wei Chen |
| collection | DOAJ |
| description | Background and purpose: Physical frailty may predict many adverse events, and it is important to identify a stable and easy clinical measurement to assess physical function for Chinese elders.
Methods: We modified the mini-Physical Performance Test (PPT) of Wilkins et al by adding one-leg standing test and simulating the 15 meters timed walk with a 6 meters timed walk to construct the Chinese version mini-PPT (CM-PPT). A total of 170 elderly individuals were tested by CM-PPT and mini-mental state examination (MMSE). Twenty-three randomly chosen individuals were tested again by the same rater and another rater in a week, and the 15 meters timed walk and the Barthel index (BI) were also evaluated.
Results: The Cronbach’s coefficient of CM-PPT was 0.868, and the test–retest and inter-rater reliability were 0.96 and 0.99, respectively (p<0.001). When the diseases influencing PPT other than cognitive disorders were excluded, CM-PPT was associated with MMSE (r=0.420, p<0.01) and age (r=−0.649, p<0.001) in 47 participants. CM-PPT was also correlated with BI (r=0.667, p<0.001), while 65% of the participants acquired full marks for BI and only 9% of the participants did so for CM-PPT. Of the 170 participants, 31 had different results between tandem and one-leg positions (p<0.001). Of these participants, 90% were only able to do tandem position and 10% were only able to do one-leg position. There was no difference between the scores in 6- and 15 meters timed walk (p=0.49).
Conclusion: CM-PPT is a stable test and more sensitive than the BI. It is moderately associated with MMSE in the elderly without diseases influencing PPT other than cognitive disorders. |
| first_indexed | 2024-04-12T01:05:47Z |
| format | Article |
| id | doaj.art-9d55e7088ceb49b2a17bca73d5fdd462 |
| institution | Directory Open Access Journal |
| issn | 1873-9598 |
| language | English |
| last_indexed | 2024-04-12T01:05:47Z |
| publishDate | 2012-03-01 |
| publisher | Taiwan Society of Geriatric Emergency and Critical Medicine (TSGECM) |
| record_format | Article |
| series | International Journal of Gerontology |
| spelling | doaj.art-9d55e7088ceb49b2a17bca73d5fdd4622022-12-22T03:54:16ZengTaiwan Society of Geriatric Emergency and Critical Medicine (TSGECM)International Journal of Gerontology1873-95982012-03-0161161910.1016/j.ijge.2011.09.022A Pilot Study for Reliability and Validity of Mini-Physical Performance Test for Chinese Male EldersDa-Wei ChenJin-Wen ChenWei XuWei LiuWen-Jin DuHua-Jun LiBackground and purpose: Physical frailty may predict many adverse events, and it is important to identify a stable and easy clinical measurement to assess physical function for Chinese elders. Methods: We modified the mini-Physical Performance Test (PPT) of Wilkins et al by adding one-leg standing test and simulating the 15 meters timed walk with a 6 meters timed walk to construct the Chinese version mini-PPT (CM-PPT). A total of 170 elderly individuals were tested by CM-PPT and mini-mental state examination (MMSE). Twenty-three randomly chosen individuals were tested again by the same rater and another rater in a week, and the 15 meters timed walk and the Barthel index (BI) were also evaluated. Results: The Cronbach’s coefficient of CM-PPT was 0.868, and the test–retest and inter-rater reliability were 0.96 and 0.99, respectively (p<0.001). When the diseases influencing PPT other than cognitive disorders were excluded, CM-PPT was associated with MMSE (r=0.420, p<0.01) and age (r=−0.649, p<0.001) in 47 participants. CM-PPT was also correlated with BI (r=0.667, p<0.001), while 65% of the participants acquired full marks for BI and only 9% of the participants did so for CM-PPT. Of the 170 participants, 31 had different results between tandem and one-leg positions (p<0.001). Of these participants, 90% were only able to do tandem position and 10% were only able to do one-leg position. There was no difference between the scores in 6- and 15 meters timed walk (p=0.49). Conclusion: CM-PPT is a stable test and more sensitive than the BI. It is moderately associated with MMSE in the elderly without diseases influencing PPT other than cognitive disorders.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1873959811000937elderlyphysical functionphysical performance testreliabilityvalidity |
| spellingShingle | Da-Wei Chen Jin-Wen Chen Wei Xu Wei Liu Wen-Jin Du Hua-Jun Li A Pilot Study for Reliability and Validity of Mini-Physical Performance Test for Chinese Male Elders International Journal of Gerontology elderly physical function physical performance test reliability validity |
| title | A Pilot Study for Reliability and Validity of Mini-Physical Performance Test for Chinese Male Elders |
| title_full | A Pilot Study for Reliability and Validity of Mini-Physical Performance Test for Chinese Male Elders |
| title_fullStr | A Pilot Study for Reliability and Validity of Mini-Physical Performance Test for Chinese Male Elders |
| title_full_unstemmed | A Pilot Study for Reliability and Validity of Mini-Physical Performance Test for Chinese Male Elders |
| title_short | A Pilot Study for Reliability and Validity of Mini-Physical Performance Test for Chinese Male Elders |
| title_sort | pilot study for reliability and validity of mini physical performance test for chinese male elders |
| topic | elderly physical function physical performance test reliability validity |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1873959811000937 |
| work_keys_str_mv | AT daweichen apilotstudyforreliabilityandvalidityofminiphysicalperformancetestforchinesemaleelders AT jinwenchen apilotstudyforreliabilityandvalidityofminiphysicalperformancetestforchinesemaleelders AT weixu apilotstudyforreliabilityandvalidityofminiphysicalperformancetestforchinesemaleelders AT weiliu apilotstudyforreliabilityandvalidityofminiphysicalperformancetestforchinesemaleelders AT wenjindu apilotstudyforreliabilityandvalidityofminiphysicalperformancetestforchinesemaleelders AT huajunli apilotstudyforreliabilityandvalidityofminiphysicalperformancetestforchinesemaleelders AT daweichen pilotstudyforreliabilityandvalidityofminiphysicalperformancetestforchinesemaleelders AT jinwenchen pilotstudyforreliabilityandvalidityofminiphysicalperformancetestforchinesemaleelders AT weixu pilotstudyforreliabilityandvalidityofminiphysicalperformancetestforchinesemaleelders AT weiliu pilotstudyforreliabilityandvalidityofminiphysicalperformancetestforchinesemaleelders AT wenjindu pilotstudyforreliabilityandvalidityofminiphysicalperformancetestforchinesemaleelders AT huajunli pilotstudyforreliabilityandvalidityofminiphysicalperformancetestforchinesemaleelders |