Department of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, Prince Sattam Bin Abdulaziz University, Al-Kharj 11942, Saudi Arabia.
Department of Physical Therapy, Jazan University, Jazan 45142, Saudi Arabia.
Medicina (Kaunas). 2024 Sep 22;60(9):1549. doi: 10.3390/medicina60091549.
Our objectives were to examine the association between balance confidence, functional mobility measures, and the presence of disability in older adults in Saudi Arabia and to identify the optimal cutoff scores for these measures that predict disability. A cross-sectional study was conducted among 324 community-dwelling older adults (65 ± 7 years, 59% women). Disability was assessed using the Arabic version of the basic activities of daily living (ADLs) scale. Balance confidence was evaluated using the Arabic version of the Activities -Specific Balance Confidence (ABC) scale, and functional mobility was assessed using the 30-Second Chair Stand Test (30s-CST). The prevalence of disability was 33.6% among the participants. Logistic regression revealed a 6% increase in disability odds for each one-unit decrease in the 30s-CST (OR: 0.94) and a 3% increase per one-point decrease in the ABC score (OR: 0.97). The optimal cutoff scores were ≤5 repetitions for the 30s-CST (sensitivity: 74.4%; specificity: 51.4%; AUC: 0.64) and ≤40 for the ABC scale (sensitivity: 80.8%; specificity: 61.4%; AUC: 0.75). Impaired balance and functional mobility are significantly associated with disability among older adults. The 30s-CST and the ABC scale can be used as effective screening tools, but the cross-sectional design of the current study limits its generalizability. Longitudinal research is needed to validate these findings.
我们的目的是检验平衡信心、功能移动性测量和残疾在沙特阿拉伯老年人群中的关联,并确定这些测量预测残疾的最佳截断分数。一项横断面研究在 324 名社区居住的老年人中进行(65±7 岁,59%为女性)。残疾使用阿拉伯语基本日常生活活动(ADL)量表进行评估。平衡信心使用阿拉伯语活动特定平衡信心(ABC)量表进行评估,功能移动性使用 30 秒椅子站立测试(30s-CST)进行评估。参与者中残疾的患病率为 33.6%。逻辑回归显示,30s-CST 每减少一个单位,残疾的可能性增加 6%(OR:0.94),ABC 评分每降低一个点,残疾的可能性增加 3%(OR:0.97)。最佳截断分数为 30s-CST≤5 次(灵敏度:74.4%;特异性:51.4%;AUC:0.64)和 ABC 量表≤40(灵敏度:80.8%;特异性:61.4%;AUC:0.75)。平衡和功能移动性受损与老年人的残疾显著相关。30s-CST 和 ABC 量表可作为有效的筛查工具,但本研究的横断面设计限制了其普遍性。需要进行纵向研究来验证这些发现。
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