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Table 1 Measures included in the study and the number of items included in each follow-up

From: Individual and environmental factors underlying life space of older people – study protocol and design of a cohort study on life-space mobility in old age (LISPE)

Instrument

Domains

Assessment

  

BL

FU1

FU2

Ref.

Main outcome measures

     

 Life-Space Mobility (LSA)

Within home

3 items

3 items

3 items

[16]

Outdoor

3 items

3 items

3 items

Neighborhood

3 items

3 items

3 items

Town

3 items

3 items

3 items

Unlimited

3 items

3 items

3 items

 Quality of life (WHOQOL-BREF)

General

2 items

1 items

1 items

[22]

Environmental

8 items

8 items

8 items

Physical

7 items

-

7 items

Social relationships

3 items

-

3 items

Psychological

6 items

-

6 items

Physical functioning

     

 Mobility disability

2 km

1 item

1 item

1 item

[23]

500 m

1 item

1 item

1 item

Stair climbing

1 item

-

-

Moving indoors

1 item

-

-

 Pre-clinical mobility limitation

2 km

6 items

6 items

6 items

[23]

500 m

6 items

-

-

Stair climbing

6 items

-

-

 Assistive devices

 

7 items

-

-

[24]

 Short Physical Performance Battery (SPPB)

Standing balance

1 item

-

-

[25, 26]

Walking

1 item

-

-

Chair rise

1 item

-

-

Physical activities

     

 Level of physical activity

 

1 item

1 item

1 item

[27]

 Barriers to physical activity

 

17 items

-

-

[28]

 Avoidance of moving outdoors

 

2 items

-

-

[29]

 Unmet physical activity need

 

2 items

2 items

2 items

[30]

Environmental factors

     

 Perceived environmental barriers

Outdoors

15 items

-

-

[13]

Entrance

6 items

-

-

 Perceived environmental facilitators

Outdoors

12 items

-

-

 

Entrance

7 items

-

-

Exercise facilities

3 items

-

-

 Type of housing & neighborhood

 

2 items

-

-

 

 Objective assessment of environment (HE Screening Tool)

Outdoors

17 items

-

-

[31]

Entrance

11 items

-

-

 Transportation

Car driving

2 items

2 items

2 items

 

Public transport

4 items

-

-

Going to store

2 items

-

-

Participation

    

 Leisure time activities

 

5 items

-

-

[32]

 Impact on Autonomy & Participation (IPA)

Autonomy outdoors

5 items

-

-

[33, 34]

 Disability in self-care & instrumental activities

ADL

5 items

-

5 items

[35]

IADL

9 items

-

-

Additional items

2 items

-

-

Social context

     

 Care giver role

 

2 items

-

-

 

 Social contacts & loneliness

Frequency of contacts

3 items

-

-

[36, 37]

Loneliness

1 item

-

-

Support

1 item

-

-

Marital status & living

2 items

-

-

 Socioeconomic status

Education

2 items

-

-

[38]

 

Financial situation

1 items

-

-

 
 

Profession

1 item

-

-

 
 

House ownership

1 item

-

-

 

General health

     

 Self-rated health & chronic diseases

Self-rated health

1 item

1 item

1 item

[39]

Chronic diseases

22 items

-

-

 

Weight (loss), height

3 items

-

-

[40]

 Cognitive impairment (MMSE)

 

30 items

-

-

[41]

 Depressive symptoms (CES-D)

 

20 items

-

-

[42]

 Sensory functions

Vision

4 items

2 items

2 items

[43]

Hearing

11 items

8 items

8 items

 Perceived postural balance

General

1 item

-

-

[44]

Fear of falling

1 item

-

-

History of falls

2 items

-

-

 Interviewer-rated functional status

 

8 items

-

-

[45]

Personal goals

 

1 item

-

-

[46]

Relocation & major life events

 

-

6 items

6 items