Correlation of the Get-Up-And-Go Test With The Tinetti Test when assessing the risk for falls in elderly persons

Authors

  • Miguel Gálvez Cano Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia
  • Luis Fernando Varela Pinedo Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia
  • Jimeno Helver Chávez Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia
  • Javier Cieza Zevallos Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia
  • Francisco Méndez Silva Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia

Keywords:

Aged, accidental falls, evaluation

Abstract

Objective: To find a correlation between the Get-Up-And-Go Test and the Tinetti test.

Material and Method: This is a study that assessed the concordance of the aforementioned tools. The population consisted in elderly persons attending the geriatrics outpatient clinic in Hospital Nacional Cayetano Heredia. The sample was taken using the accidental sampling method, and the first 100 patients attending the geriatrics outpatient clinic during March 2005 were included. 

Results: Mean age of patients was 75.2 ± 7.46 years, 31% declared they had one or more falls during the last year. The measured correlation between the two tests using Kappa statistics was 0.81 with p<0.001, for a cutoff point for the Get-Up-And-Go test set in 20 seconds.

Conclusions: The is a correlation between a complex method, the Tinetti test, and a simple and short method, the Get-Up-And-Go test, which may be used as an initial tool when assessing the risk for falls.

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2010-03-29

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Correlation of the Get-Up-And-Go Test With The Tinetti Test when assessing the risk for falls in elderly persons. Acta Med Peru [Internet]. 2010 Mar. 29 [cited 2025 Jan. 22];27(1):8-11. Available from: https://amp.cmp.org.pe/index.php/AMP/article/view/1456

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