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The relative and absolute reliability of the Functional Independence and Difficulty Scale in community-dwelling frail elderly Japanese people using long-term care insurance services

English (英語)

Aging Clinical and Experimental Research

29(3)

549-556

Springer Nature

2017-06

2025-04-03

Background: The newly developed Functional Independence and Difficulty Scale is a tool for assessing the performance of basic activities of daily living in terms of both independence and difficulty. The reliability of this new scale has not been assessed. Aims: The aim of this study was to examine the relative reliability and absolute reliability of the newly developed scale in community-dwelling frail elderly people in Japan. Methods: Participants were 47 community-dwelling elderly subjects (22 for assessing test–retest reliability and 25 for assessing inter-rater reliability). As relative reliability indices, intra-class correlation coefficients were used. From an absolute reliability perspective, we conducted Bland–Altman analysis and calculated the limit of agreement or minimal detectable change to determine the acceptable range of error. Results: Intra-class correlation coefficients for test–retest and inter-rater reliability were 0.90 (P < 0.001) and 0.97 (P < 0.001), respectively. The limit of agreement for test–retest reliability was −5.2 to 1.8, representing an increase of over six points for improvement and a decrease of over two points for decline of basic activities of daily living ability. The minimal detectable change for inter-rater reliability was 3.7, indicating that a three-point difference might be existed between difference raters. The results of this study demonstrated that the FIDS appeared to be a reliable instrument for use in Japanese community-dwelling frail elderly people. Conclusions: While further research using a large and more diverse sample of participants is needed, our findings support the use of FIDS in clinical practice or clinical research targeting frail elderly Japanese people.

Intra-class correlation coefficient

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This version of the article has been accepted for publication, after peer review (when applicable) and is subject to Springer Nature's AM terms of use, but is not the Version of Record and does not reflect post-acceptance improvements, or any corrections. The Version of Record is available online at: https://doi.org/10.1007/s40520-016-0577-7