Abstract
Background: Impaired health states can limit a person’s mobility, often progressively for people with life-limiting illnesses. Quantifying mobility changes is crucial for individual clinical care and service planning.
Objective: To explore any correlation between EQ-5D-5L’s mobility dimension ratings and Life-Space Assessment (LSA) from a population sample.
Methods: An online population survey of Australian adults, nationally-representative by key demographics. An analysis of variance examined each level of the EQ-5D-5L mobility dimension rating against its LSA scores; Kendall’s Tau assessed correlation.
Results: Participants (n = 6366) were 53% women, mean age 46.1 years (SD 18.6), and mean LSA score 78.0 (SD = 27.5; possible range 0-120). At each EQ-5D-5L mobility dimension level there was a significant difference between LSA scores (p < 0.001), and a moderate negative correlation (Kendall’s tau b = −0.342) between the two measures.
Conclusion: Given the relationship defined, EQ-5D-5L mobility dimension ratings may prompt clinicians to consider further evaluation with the more detailed Life-Space Assessment. .
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 1527-1530 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | Journal of Palliative Medicine |
| Volume | 27 |
| Issue number | 11 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 1 Nov 2024 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- cross-sectional survey
- functional assessment
- mobility
- population survey
- quality of life