Table 2.
Selection Criteria for Inclusion of Standardized Tests and Outcome Measuresa
| Standardized Tests and Outcome Measures | Advantages |
| Timed “Up and Go”41 | – Supported by EDGE38 |
| – Predicts fall risk | |
| Six-Minute Walk Test42 | – Supported by EDGE and American Thoracic Society |
| – Prognostic cutoff scores | |
| Orpington Prognostic Scale43 | – Supported by EDGE |
| – Designed for use in acute care | |
| – Prognostic cutoff scores | |
| – Discharge disposition prediction | |
| Physical Function ICU Test (scored)44 | – Designed for use in acute care |
| – Availability of MCID | |
| Mobility score45 | – Designed for use in acute care |
| – Prognostic cutoff scores | |
| – Discharge disposition prediction | |
| Dynamic Gait Index46 | – Supported by EDGE |
| – Applicable to large patient population | |
| – Predicts fall risk | |
| – Availability of MDCs/MCIDs | |
| Activity Measure for Post-Acute Care (AM-PAC) “6 Clicks”23 | – Applicable to any patient population |
| – Designed for use in acute care | |
| – Discharge disposition predication | |
| – Availability of MDCs/MCIDs | |
| – Easy conversion to G–code modifiers | |
| Confusion assessment method-ICU47 | – Designed for use in acute care |
| – Prognostic cutoff scores | |
| Comfortable walking speed48 | – Supported by EDGE |
| – Applicable to large patient population | |
| – Availability of MDCs/MCIDs | |
| – Prognostic cutoff scores | |
| – Discharge disposition prediction | |
| – Valid/reliable in acute care | |
| Performance Oriented Mobility Scale49 | – Predicts fall risk |
aEDGE = Evaluation Database to Guide Effectiveness; ICU = intensive care unit; MCID = minimal clinically important difference; MDC = minimal detectable change.