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- Title
Neck circumference is a highly reliable anthropometric measure in older adults requiring long-term care.
- Authors
Ryo Sato; Yohei Sawaya; Masahiro Ishizaka; Lu Yin; Takahiro Shiba; Tamaki Hirose; Tomohiko Urano
- Abstract
The reliability of neck circumference measurement as an assessment tool for older adults requiring long-term care remains unknown. This study aimed to evaluate the reliability of neck circumference measurement in older adults requiring long-term care, and the effect of edema on measurement error. Two physical therapists measured the neck circumference. Intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC) and Bland-Altman analyses were performed to examine the reliability of neck circumference measurement. Correlation analysis was used to evaluate the relationship between edema values (extracellular water/total body water) and neck circumference measurement difference. For inter-rater reliability of neck circumference measurement, the overall ICC (2,1) was 0.98. The upper and lower limits of the difference between examiners ranged from -0.9 to 1.2 cm. There was no association between edema values and neck circumference measurement error. Thus, measurement of the neck circumference in older adults requiring long-term care is a reliable assessment tool, with a low error rate, even in older adults with edema.
- Subjects
OLDER people; LONG-term health care; INTRACLASS correlation; MEASUREMENT errors; PHYSICAL therapists
- Publication
PeerJ, 2024, p1
- ISSN
2167-8359
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.7717/peerj.16816