Reliability of an outcome measure in neurosurgical patients.
Research type
Research Study
Full title
Is Tinetti’s Performance orientated Mobility Assessment (POMA) a reliable tool in the assessment of patients post neurosurgery?
IRAS ID
195009
Contact name
Adam Marco Galloway
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
University of Leeds
Duration of Study in the UK
0 years, 5 months, 27 days
Research summary
Currently, there is no standard approach or tool for assessing patients' risk of fall following brain surgery. A potential tool is the Performance Oriented Mobility Assessment (POMA), though aspects of its clinical utility for this patient population are unknown. The proposed research aims to evaluate the inter-rater reliability of the POMA. To do this, 30 patients will have their risk of falling assessed simultaneously (but independently) by three physiotherapists of varying experience levels (myself as the researcher and two members of the physiotherapy team on the neurosurgery unit). Thus, for each patient there will be three independent POMA assessments that can be analysed to provide an estimate of inter-rater reliability.
The participants will be recruited from the neurosurgical unit based at Leeds General Infirmary and will be included if they have had brain surgery and are highlighted by the medical team as suitable for a discharge assessment. They will not be eligible for the study if they have any pre-existing mobility issues resulting from other neurological conditions such as previous stroke or Parkinson's disease.REC name
South Central - Berkshire Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
16/SC/0077
Date of REC Opinion
10 Feb 2016
REC opinion
Further Information Favourable Opinion