Reablement Intervention for Older Adults Conducted by a Multi Professional Home Rehabilitation Team

Change in self-assessed general health

Self-assessed general health is measured with an overall rating from the EQ-5D-5L (Herdman et al., 2011). These global ratings are made on a VAS scale, which is coded from 0 (the best health you can imagine) to 100 (the worst health you can imagine).

Time frame: Change from baseline self-assessed general health ratings at 6 months

Change in self-assessed health-related quality of life

Self-assessed health-related quality of life in five dimensions, i.e. mobility, self-care, usual activities, pain/discomfort, and anxiety/depression, is measured with EQ-5D-5L (Herdman et al., 2011). Each of the five dimensions is rated on a five level response scale, which is coded and reported from 1 (no problems) to 5 (extreme problems).

Time frame: Change from baseline health-related quality of life ratings at 6 months

Change in self-assessed mental health

Mental health is mirrored with a short version of the Clinical Outcomes in Routine Evaluation - Outcome Measure (CORE-OM; Elfström et al. 2013, Evans, et al., 2002), called General Practitioner (GP-)CORE (Sinclair et al. 2005). The 14 items in GP-CORE are summarized and divided by 14, forming a total mean score ranging from 0 (no psychological distress) to 4 (maximum psychological distress).

Time frame: Change from baseline mental health ratings at 6 months

Change in self-assessed health with respect to personal priorities

Participants' ratings from the Health as Ability of Acting questionnaire (HACT; Snellman et al. 2011) are categorized into one of three health groups: Good health: (a) Fulfilled vital goals or (b) the person possesses the ability to achieve the unfulfilled vital goals and the intention to use this ability or (c) experiencing a certain degree of ability to achieve vital goals and have the intention to use the ability. Acceptable health: (a) Unfulfilled vital goals. The person have a certain degree of ability to achieve goals and the intention to use the ability. (b) Unfulfilled vital goals. The person have a certain degree of ability to achieve these goals but have no intention to use the ability. Poor health: (a) experiencing a certain degree of ability to achieve vital goals, judged as important, and the intention to use the ability. (b) Unfulfilled vital goals. The person lacks the ability to achieve the unfulfilled goal or goals, despite judging them as important.

Time frame: Change from baseline self-assessed health with respect to personal priorities at 6 months

Change in self-assessed activity performance satisfaction

Self-assessed activity performance satisfaction is estimated with interviewer administered Canadian Occupational Performance Measure (COPM; Law et al., 1990). In relation to a central activity problem area that the participants' themselves chose during the interview, the participants' are asked how well they think they can perform up to the five most important activities that relate to the central activity problem area. Then the participants are asked how satisfied they are with their performance, rating each activity performance satisfaction from 1 to 10. Then a mean value is calculated by dividing the sum of activity performance satisfaction ratings by the number of rated activities, giving a mean that can range from 1 (not at all satisfied) to 10 (extremely satisfied).

Time frame: Change from baseline activity performance satisfaction ratings at 6 months

Change in self-assessed activity performance

Self-assessed activity performance is estimated with interviewer administered Canadian Occupational Performance Measure (COPM; Law et al., 1990). In relation to a central activity problem area that the participants' themselves chose during the interview, the participants' are asked how well they think they can perform up to the five most important activities that relate to the central activity problem area. The participants rate each activity from 1 to 10 regarding how well the can perform the activity. Then a mean value is calculated by dividing the sum of activity performance by the number of activities, giving a mean that can range from 1 (cannot perform the activity at all) to 10 (can perform the activity extremely well).

Time frame: Change from baseline activity performance ratings at 6 months

Change in lower extremities physical activity performance

Lower extremities physical activity performance is measured by a trained administrator with the Short Physical Performance Battery (SPPB; Guralnik et al., 1994). The SPPB is calculated from three components: the ability to stand for up to 10 seconds with feet positioned in three ways; time to complete a 3-m walk; and time to rise from a chair five times. Each component is scored from 0 to 4, with the scores from the three tests summed to give a total, with a maximum of 12 and a minimum of 0. A higher score indicates a higher level of function, while lower scores indicate a lower level of function.

Time frame: Change from baseline lower extremities physical activity performance at 6 months

Change in upper extremities physical activity performance

Upper extremities physical activity performance is measured with a hand dynamometer test (Mathiowetz et al., 1985). The Jamar hydrolic hand dynamometer model J00105 is used. The test of each hand is repeated 3 times, and the average is scored by the trained administrator as the recorded result. The resulting grip strength may vary from 0 kilograms (no grip strength) to 90 kilograms (maximum grip strength).

Time frame: Change from baseline upper extremities physical activity ability at 6 months