Purpose: To provide advanced practice nurses in primary care with information about self-
reported functional assessments and physical performance-based functional assessments …

Functional decline is an insidious‐onset manifestation of aging, which can be overlooked in
its early stages. Current screening measures for incipient functional decline are generally …

Background: Identification of older persons at risk for the loss of independence, onset of (co)-
morbidity or functional limitations through screening/assessment is of interest for the public …

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate two performance‐based measures of functional status and assess
their correlation with self‐report measures. DESIGN: Cross‐sectional study. PARTICIPANTS …

PURPOSE: To compare two self‐administered, one interviewer‐administered, and one
performance‐based measure of physical function in community‐based older persons …

Background. Patient-reported and performance-based measures (PBMs) are commonly
used to measure physical function in studies of older adults. Selection of appropriate …

Purpose: Routinely, physical therapists use a variety of physical performance tests to
determine functional status of older adults. Whereas many commonly used instruments have …

Abstract Background and Purpose. The ability to identify early decline in physical function is
important, but older people experiencing decline may fail to report the early changes in …

ABSTRACT Purpose/Objectives: The purpose of this article is to highlight how scientists
have assessed all components of functional status in older adults transitioning from hospital …

Objective To describe simple, practical measures of physical and psychosocial function to
detect problems and enhance the care of elderly patients. Design We reviewed pertinent …