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Relationship between self-report and performance measures of function: a systematic review.

Liliana Coman¹, Julie Richardson

¹School of Rehabilitation Science, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, L8S 1C7, Canada. comanl@mcmaster.ca

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Self-report and performance-based measures for older adults show moderate to strong agreement when assessing the same function. This suggests both methods likely capture similar aspects of functional assessment in community-dwelling seniors.

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Gerontology
Rehabilitation Science
Health Outcomes Research

Background:

Assessing functional status in community-dwelling older adults is crucial for maintaining independence and quality of life.
Discrepancies exist between self-reported functional abilities and objective performance-based measures.
Understanding the correlation between these assessment methods is vital for accurate clinical evaluation and research.

Purpose of the Study:

To systematically review and synthesize evidence on the correlation between self-report and performance-based measures of function in older adults.
To evaluate the consistency of functional assessments across different methodologies.

Main Methods:

Systematic review of studies identified through MEDLINE, CINAHL, and AGELINE databases, supplemented by hand-searching.
Inclusion criteria were applied by two independent reviewers.
Data extraction and quality assessment were performed on selected studies.

Main Results:

Seventeen studies met the inclusion criteria.
Correlations between self-report and performance-based measures ranged broadly from -0.72 to 0.60.
When identical functional tasks were assessed, correlations ranged from 0.60 to 0.86, indicating moderate to strong agreement.

Conclusions:

When self-report and performance-based measures assess the same construct, correlations are moderate to large.
Measurement of functional limitations using either self-report or performance-based methods likely reflects a similar underlying assessment of function in older adults.