ASSESSMENT CORE

评估核心的目标是促进多学科方法来评估OAIC研究中的平衡。平衡是一个复杂的过程，涉及多个因素和结果。研究老年人平衡障碍的原因、后果和康复的研究人员必须使用临床评估工具来定义样本，描述影响平衡的因素，并测量结果。为了促进研究之间的比较和对重要辅助因素的系统考虑，研究人员需要获得具有良好特征的评估工具。个别调查人员可能在某些重要领域具有专门知识，但需要建议和支持才能包括其他领域。评估核心将通过建立一个相关材料图书馆，提供有关物理、心理、社会和医学领域的评估工具和协议。核心将维护和更新图书馆，就选择和解释调查结果提供咨询意见和专业知识，并为数据收集提供技术支持和工作人员培训。

The goal of the Assessment Core is to promote a multidisciplinary approach to the assessment of balance in OAIC research studies. Balance is a complex process with multiple contributors and consequences. Researchers studying the causes, consequences and rehabilitation of balance disorders in older adults must use clinical assessment tools to define the sample, characterize factors that affect balance, and measure outcomes. In order to promote comparisons between studies and systematic consideration of important cofactors, investigators need access to well characterized assessment tools. Individual investigators may have expertise in some important domains but need advice and support to include others. The Assessment Core will provide access to assessment tools and protocols in relevant physical, psychological, social and medical domains through the creation of a Library of relevant materials. The Core will maintain and update the Library, provide advice and expertise about selection and interpretation of findings, and offer technical support and staff training for data collection.