Tuyển tập các báo cáo nghiên cứu về sinh học được đăng trên tạp chí hóa học quốc tế đề tài : The de Morton Mobility Index (DEMMI): An essential health index for an ageing world | BioMed Central Health and Quality of Life Outcomes Open Access The de Morton Mobility Index DEMMI An essential health index for an ageing world Natalie A de Morton 1 2 Megan Davidson3 and Jennifer L Keating1 Address Department of Physiotherapy School of Primary Health Care Faculty of Medicine Nursing and Health Sciences Monash University -Peninsula Campus PO Box 527 Frankston Victoria 3199 Australia 2The Northern Clinical Research Center Northern Health 185 Cooper St Epping Victoria 3076 Australia and 3School of Physiotherapy Division of Allied Health Faculty of Health Sciences La Trobe University Victoria 3086 Australia Email Natalie Ade Morton - Megan Davidson - Jennifer L Keating - Corresponding author Published 19 August 2008 Received 26 March 2008 Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2008 6 63 doi 1477-7525-6-63 Accepted 19 August 2008 This article is available from http content 6 1 63 2008 de Morton et al licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http licenses by which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract Background Existing instruments for measuring mobility are inadequate for accurately assessing older people across the broad spectrum of abilities. Like other indices that monitor critical aspects of health such as blood pressure tests a mobility test for all older acute medical patients provides essential health data. We have developed and validated an instrument that captures essential information about the mobility status of older acute medical patients. Methods Items suitable for a new mobility instrument were generated from existing scales patient interviews and focus groups with experts. 51 items were pilot tested on older acute medical .
