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Front. Public Health
Sec. Aging and Public Health
Volume 12 - 2024 | doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2024.1445039
This article is part of the Research Topic Effects of Aging on Skeletal Muscle View all 10 articles

Reproducibility and Concordance of Functional Autonomy Tests in Elderly Women: A Comparative Study of Face-to-Face and Virtual Assessments

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Talles Siqueira Talles Siqueira 1Rafael Pitta Rafael Pitta 2Alexandre Machado Alexandre Machado 1Fabiana Rodrigues Scartoni Fabiana Rodrigues Scartoni 3Roberta L Rica Roberta L Rica 4Valentina Bullo Valentina Bullo 5*Stefano Gobbo Stefano Gobbo 5Marco Bergamin Marco Bergamin 5Danilo Sales Bocalini Danilo Sales Bocalini 1
  • 1 Laboratory of Experimental Physiology and Biochemistry, Federal University of Espírito Santo, Vitória, Brazil
  • 2 Institute Israelita Ensino & Pesquisa, Postgrad Program Hlth Sci, São Paulo, SP – Brazil, São Paulo, Brazil
  • 3 Sport Exercise Sciences Laboratory - LaCEE, Catholic University of Petrópolis, RJ, Brazil, Petrópolis, Brazil
  • 4 Estácio de Sá University, Vitoria, ES, Brazil, Vitoria, Brazil
  • 5 Department of Medicine, University of Padova, Padova - Italy, Padova, Italy

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    The literature does not explore functional assessments carried out remotely and in older women in virtual environments. Objective: Analyzed the reproducibility and agreement in applying functional autonomy tests face-to-face (FF) and virtually (V). Methods:A single evaluator carried out two evaluations. The following tests were performed: walking 10m, rising from the sitting position (RSP), rising from the ventral decubitus position (RVDP), sitting and rising from a chair, and walking around the house (SRCW). Results: No significant changes were identified between V and FF (p>0.05 for all). No significant changes were identified between tests considering FF and V conditions (p>0.05 for all). The highest value for the intraclass correlation coefficient was <0.0001 for the SRCW (CL, r= 0.98 CI95%: 0.969-0.990 and ICC, r= 0.99 CI95%: 0.984-0.995), and the lowest was <0.0001 for the RSP (CL, r= 0.91 CI95%: 0.853-0.954 and ICC, r= 0.95 CI95%: 0.921-0.976). Regarding agreement between tests, a variation was found between the lowest value of 0.07±0.74 BIAS for the RVDP and the highest value of 0.32±1.89 BIAS for the SRCW. Conclusion: Used tests showed good reproducibility and agreement in older people when carried out face-to-face and in virtual environment.

    Keywords: Aged, older people, Longevity, Daily living activity, Ederly

    Received: 06 Jun 2024; Accepted: 27 Nov 2024.

    Copyright: © 2024 Siqueira, Pitta, Machado, Scartoni, Rica, Bullo, Gobbo, Bergamin and Bocalini. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

    * Correspondence: Valentina Bullo, Department of Medicine, University of Padova, Padova - Italy, Padova, Italy

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