Validity Of Turkish Version Of ABC Scale In Diabetes Mellitus Patients

Completed

• Conditions: Balance; Distorted; Evaluations, Diagnostic Self; Diabetes Mellitus

• Registration Number: NCT04920279
• Lead Sponsor: Istanbul Physical Medicine Rehabilitation Training and Research Hospital

Brief Summary

Activities-specific Balance Confidence (ABC) scale is a well-known tool to evaluate functional balance. Diabetic patients suffer more often from balance disorders than the rest of the population. The aim is to investigate the validity of the Turkish version of ABC short form in patients with diabetes mellitus (DM).

Detailed Description

Thirty patients with DM will be included according to the inclusion and exclusion criteria. All the participants will be evaluated by ABC form and Timed Up and Go Test (TUG). The Cumulative Illness Rating Scale (CIRS ) will be used for all the patients.

ABC scale is a self-assessment test with 16 items that helps assess balance impairments and falling risk, and it also investigates how confident people are while they are in some specific activities both indoors, and outdoors. Total score changes between 0-100.

The HbA1c values of all patients will be noted if a blood test will be performed in the last three months.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2018-06-11
• Study First Submitted: 2021-06-03
• Study First Submitted QC: 2021-06-03
• Study First Posted: 2021-06-09
• Primary Completion: 2021-12-31
• Status Verified: 2022-02
• Study Completion: 2022-02-28
• Last Update Submitted: 2022-07-26
• Last Update Posted: 2022-07-28

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 30

Inclusion Criteria

• 45-75 years old
• Diabetes mellitus
• The complete existence of the data to be used in the study in the records of our hospital

Exclusion Criteria

• Not having any other additional disease that will affect balance coordination
• No lower extremity joint replacement or lower extremity amputation at any level

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Validity of the Turkish Version of Activities-specific Balance Confidence Scale in Patients With Diagnosis of the Diabetes Mellitus Before.	A single point in time (1 day)	The Activities-specific Balance Confidence Scale (ABC Scale) is a structured questionnaire that measures an individual's confidence in performing activities without losing balance. Total score ranges from 0% to 100%. Lower than 50 %: low level; 50-80 %: moderate level above 80 %: high level of physical functioning

Trial Locations

Locations (2)

Istanbul Physical Medicine Rehabilitation Training & Research Hospital; 🇹🇷 Istanbul, Turkey

IstanbulPMRTRH; 🇹🇷 Istanbul, Turkey