The Reliability and Validity Tele-assessment of The TUG Test and 30s-CST

Summary

Stroke is the third leading cause of death in the world after coronary heart disease and cancer. In recent years, by controlling the risk factors of stroke, its incidence has decreased by 30% and the mortality rate due to this disease has decreased by 14%. However, it is still among the most important diseases that cause disability in adults.

The aging of the world population and the increase in the number of individuals with chronic diseases, including stroke, increase the need for rehabilitation services rapidly. Access to rehabilitation services is restricted due to the insufficient number of specialist health personnel and the difficulty of transportation for people living in rural areas. At the same time, barriers such as decrease in physical mobility, increase in bothersome symptoms and travel restrictions in developed countries are expected to increase with the aging population and will cause a decrease in participation in rehabilitation. In this context, telerehabilitation shows a promising way to increase rehabilitation access with fewer healthcare professionals or to help maintain positive outcomes following rehabilitation.

Telerehabilitation, which is among the telehealth possibilities, is defined as the use of information and communication technologies to provide clinical rehabilitation services remotely. These technologies allow communication between healthcare personnel and patients, as well as the transmission of imaging and other healthcare data from one place to another. Telerehabilitation includes clinical rehabilitation services focused on evaluation, diagnosis and treatment (Janet vd.,). Tele-assessment, which is among the service delivery model of telerehabilitation, is defined as the transfer of patient data to the healthcare professional or team, instantly or retrospectively, through equipment, sensors, questionnaires and tests. Unlike other services, there are factors that make tele-assessment difficult. It is necessary to ensure that patient performance is correctly evaluated. Internet and video transmission can affect the ability to accurately assess patient performance and thus affect the tele-assessment. Consideration should be given to the validation of tele-assessment for certain assessments that are frequently used in the assessment of patient performance. For this reason, we chose to examine the timed 'Up \& Go'(TUG) test and '30second Chair-Stand Test' (30s-CST), which are the most common tests in the evaluation of lower extremity muscle strength, balance, and mobility in rehabilitation.

TUG and 30s-CST are simple clinical outcome measures commonly used to assess functional performance. Johansen et al. found that the TUG test and 30s-CST in stroke patients had excellent internal and inter-research reliability when administered face-to-face. This study is based on studies showing that the application of tests that are effective in the evaluation of functional performance with the tele-assessment method is an effective method.

Conditions

• Tele-assessment
• The Timed Up & Go Test
• Stroke
• 30second Chair-Stand Test

Interventions

OTHER

The Timed Up & Go Test and 30second Chair-Stand Test'

Evaluation of the participants will be carried out in the following order; 1) traditional assessment, 2) tele-assessment, 3) post-test. In the final test, only tele-assessment of the tests will be made. During testing sessions, the results of each TUG and 30s-CST trial will be recorded on a standard test paper. TUG and 30s-CST will be tested in two different ways, traditional and tele, as 2 sessions every other day. Participants will rest for five to ten minutes between trials and an hour between sessions. During the one-hour rest between two test sessions, participants will rest in a chair, wheelchair or bed. Assessors will not know the TUG and 30s-CST results scored by each other.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Istinye University

  lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation

NA

Purpose

PREVENTION

Masking

NONE

Model

SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age

18 Years

Max Age

65 Years

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2022-10-15

Primary Completion

2022-11-15

Completion

2022-12-15

Countries

• Turkey (Türkiye)

Study Locations