From: State of the Art Physiotherapist-Led Approaches to Safe Aging in Place
Health Domain | Assessment Tools | Estimated Time to Complete | Number of Items/Tests |
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Comorbidity | Functional Comorbidity Index | 4–13 min | 18 items |
Charlson Comorbidity Index | 4–13 min | 19 items | |
Blood Pressure | Electronic blood pressure cuff or manual sphygmomanometer and stethoscope | 2–5 min | 1 assessment |
Polypharmacy | Beers Criteria and STEADI questions | 3–5 min | 5 lists of nearly 100 medications |
Cognition | Mini Mental State Exam | 7–8 min | 21 items |
 | Mini-Cog | 3 mins | 3 tasks |
 | Trail Making Test B | 2–5 min | 1 task |
Depression | Geriatric Depression Scale | 7–10 min | 30 items |
 | Geriatric Depression Scale Short Form | 5–7 min | 15 items |
 | Patient Health Questionnaire-9 | 3–6 min | 9 items |
Environment | Home FAST-HP | 30–45 min | 25 items |
 | Home FAST-SR | 15 mins | 88 items |
Health Behaviors and Readiness for Change | Physical Therapy Healthy Lifestyle Appraisal | 10 mins | 18 items |
Frailty | Fried Frailty Index | 5–10 min | 3 items, 2 tasks |
Physical Function | Short Physical Performance Battery (includes 3- or 4-m gait speed, 5 times sit to stand, Four Test Balance Scale) | 5–10 min | 3 tasks |
 | Timed-Up-and-Go | 1 min | 1 task |
 | 30 second chair rise test | 1 min | 1 task |
 | Four stage balance scale | 2 mins | 3 tasks |
Falls Efficacy | Falls Efficacy Scale – International | 5–10 min | 16 items |
 | Falls Efficacy Scale International – Short Form | 4–5 min | 7 items |
 | Modified Falls Efficacy Scale | 5–10 min | 14 items |