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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Kang, Li
• Han, Peipei
• Wang, Jiazhong
• Ma, Yixuan
• Jia, Liye
• Fu, Liyuan
• Yu, Hairui
• Chen, Xiaoyu
• Niu, Kaijun
• Guo, Qi

Titel

Timed Up and Go Test can predict recurrent falls: a longitudinal study of the community-dwelling elderly in China

Ist Teil von

• Clinical interventions in aging, 2017-01, Vol.12, p.2009-2016

Ort / Verlag

New Zealand: Dove Medical Press Limited

Erscheinungsjahr

2017

Quelle

MEDLINE

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Falling is a major health problem in community-dwelling elderly individuals. The aim of the present study was to conduct a prospective investigation to evaluate the accuracy of the Timed Up and Go Test (TUGT), 4-meter walking test, and grip strength test to screen for the risk of falls and to determine a cutoff point to be used clinically. This was a prospective study that included 541 participants. The fall data were obtained via face-to-face interview, and the date, site, and circumstances of any falls were recorded. TUGTs were recorded as part of a comprehensive geriatric assessment. We collected the same data at baseline and after follow-up via comprehensive geriatric assessment. The incidence of falls of our study subjects was 20.8%. The recurrent-fall group had a fall rate of 6.8% during the follow-up year. The standard area under the curve (AUC) of our screening tool was >0.70, and hence our tool can be used for clinical purposes. After adjusting for age and gender, the AUC of TUGT became 0.642, so it cannot be used as a predictive tool for measuring any types of falls. However, when recurrent falls were adjusted for age and gender, the TUGT's AUC improved to 0.733 and a score of 15.96 seconds is used as a cut-point to screen recurrent falls in community-dwelling elderly Chinese individuals. Future falls were best predicted by TUGT in recurrent fallers at baseline. A score of 15.96 seconds is used as a cut-point to screen recurrent falls in community-dwelling elderly Chinese individuals.