Prevention and Wellness Tool Box

Table of Contents

Introduction

How to Understand and Use These Tools

 

I. Fall Prevention: Measures of Gait and Balance

    Dizziness Handicap Inventory

    Falls Efficacy

    Functional Reach

   Gait Assessment Rating Score

   Get-up and Go

   One-Legged Stand Test

   Timed Stands Test

   Tinetti Assessment

 

I I. Posture

    Reedco Posture Score Sheet

 

III. Psychosocial

    Depression- Five Item Geriatric Depression Scale

    Dementia- Mini-Mental State Exam

 

  1. Confidence in Treatment and Illness

    2. Arthritis Self-Efficacy Scale

    Functional Abilities Confidence Scale

    Generalized Self-Efficacy Scale

    Self-Efficacy

     

  2. Pain

    3. McGill Pain Questionnaire- Short Form

     

  3. Quality of Life

    4. Quality of Life Scale

    Vitality Plus

     

  4. Osteoporosis

    5. Simple Calculated Osteoporosis Risk Estimation (SCORE)

     

  5. Mobility- Predicts assistive needs

    6. Physical Performance and Mobility Exam

     

  6. Circulatory Screen

        Autar Deep Vein Thrombosis Scale