Table 1.

Available questionnaires to assess LSM and their characteristics

Questionnaire	Population	Administration	Format	Aspects of LSM measured	Timeframe	Score	Examples of studies that used the questionnaires
University of Alabama Life-Space Assessment (UAB-LSA) [6]	Community dwelling older people	Interviewer, self-report	9 questions Graded responses	Area: five zones Frequency: yes Independence: yes	4 weeks	Composite score based on three domains, 0–120	MrOS [7] SAOS [8] E-SAS [9, 10] UAB [6, 11, 12] LISPE [13–15] IMIAS [16]
Life-space Questionnaire (LSQ) [17]	Community dwelling older people	Interviewer, self-reporta	9 questions Yes/no responses	Area: nine zones Frequency: nob Independence: nob	3 daysc	Simple tally score, 0–9	ACTIVE [18–20] WHAS-1d [21] MAPd [22, 23] MARSd [23, 24]
Nursing Home Life-Space Diameter (NHLSD) [25]	Nursing home residents	Interviewer	4 questions Graded responses	Area: four zones Frequency: yes Independence: yes	2 weeks	Total score = multiplication of three domains, 0–100	Tinetti and Ginter 1990 [25] Nordic RCT [26, 27] REDICNH [28]
Life-Space at Home (LSH) [29]	Housebound older people	Interviewer	A set of instructions for score calculation	Area: four zones Frequency: yes Independence: yes	1 week	Total score = multiplication of three domains, unlimited score	Hashidate et al. [29]

MrOS The Osteoporotic Fractures in Men Study, SAOS The South Australian Omnibus Survey, E-SAS The Elderly Status Assessment Set, UAB University of Alabama at Birmingham Study of Ageing, LISPE Life-Space Mobility in Old Age Study, IMIAS International Mobility in Aging Study, ACTIVE Advanced Cognitive Training for Independent and Vital Elderly, WHAS-1 The Women’s Health and Aging Study I, MAP Rush Memory and Aging Project, MARS The Minority Aging Research Study, Nordic RCT Nordic multi-centre study on physical and daily activities for residents in nursing home settings, REDNICNH Recourse Use and Disease Course in dementia—Nursing Home study

^aSelf-report used with modified versions only

^bSome modified versions have adapted to include this

^cSome modified versions have expanded this

^dModified version used