Abstract:Objective The aim of the study was to evaluate the agreement between the weight of older adults measured on a chair scale and a platform scale. Methods This is a cross-sectional study. We evaluated 131 older adults (?60 years old), walk-in patients, admitted to a university hospital. Weight was measured on a digital chair scale model MS5811 (Charder® brand) and after on a mechanical platform scale (Filizola® brand). For the agreement analysis, the intraclass correlation coefficient and the Bland-Altman plot w… Show more
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