BioPsychoSocial Assessment Tools for the Elderly - Assessment Summary Sheet

Test: Exercise Assessment and Screening for You (EASY) Tool

Year: 2008

Domain: Biological

Assessment Tool Category: Physical Activity and Falls

Variations/Translations: Information not available

Setting: Clinical settings and in the community

Method of Delivery: Self-administered questionnaire

Description: The Exercise Assessment and Screening for You (EASY) is a tool developed to help older individuals, their health care providers and exercise professionals identify different types of exercise and physical activity regimens that can be tailored to meet the existing health conditions, illnesses, or disabilities of older adults. The philosophy behind the EASY is that screening should be a dynamic process in which participants learn to appreciate the importance of engaging in regular exercise, attending to health changes, recognizing a full range of signs and symptoms that might indicate potentially harmful events, and becoming familiar with simple safety tips for initiating and progressively increasing physical activity patterns (Resnick, 2008).

Scoring/Interpretation: One or more positive answers yields a negative score whereby an older adult is cautioned from engaging in physical activity without the guidance of a physician or trained professional.

Time to Administer: Less than 5 minutes

Availability: Questionnaire available online (See Website)

Software: N/A

Website: http://easyforyou.info/

Quantitative/Qualitative: Both

Validity (Quantitative): Validity has not been established.

Reliability (Quantitative): Reliability has not been established.

References:

Resnick, B., Ory, M.G., Hora, K., Rogers, M.E., Page, P., Chodzko-Zajko, W., & Bazzarre, T.L. (2008) The Exercise Assessment and Screening for You (EASY) Tool: Application in the Oldest Old Population American Journal of Lifestyle Medicine, 2(5): 432-440.

Resnick. B. (2008). A proposal for a new screening paradigm and tool called Exercise Assessment and

Screening for You (EASY). Journal of Aging and Physical Activity, 16(2): 215-33.

Comment: The novelty of this instrument has much to do with the lack of validity or standardization measures. More information is needed.