Measuring weight using beam balance scale EHES Training Material
Feb 23, 2016
Measuring weight using beam balance
scale
EHES Training Material
Exclusion criteriaWeight is not measured if participant
• is immobile or in a wheelchair • has severe difficulties standing steady• is heavier than the upper limit of the scale• refuses
Equipment • Beam balance scale• Calibration weights• Carpenter’s level
Clothing during weight measurement
• Ask the participant to undress to his/her underwear
• If the participant refuses or feels uncomfortable to undress, ask him/her • to take off shoes, heavy garments such as
jacket, pullover, belts, heavy jewellery, and • to empty pockets
Posture• Ask the participant to
stand still• in the centre of the
platform • arms hanging loosely at
sides• weight distributed
evenly on both feet
Weight measurement• Move the weights until
the beam balances properly
Recording • Record weight to the resolution of the scale• Record extra clothing, if more than underwear• If the participant is pregnant, ask and record
pregnancy weeks and the weight before pregnancy separately from the measured weight
• If weight is not measured, record the reason• Record the number of the measurement device
used
Acknowledgements• Slides
• Johanna Mäki-Opas, Hanna Tolonen, Päivikki Koponen• Photographs
• Hanna Tolonen• Measurement demonstration
• Liisa Saarikoski, Katri Kilpeläinen, Ulla Leskinen, Shadia Rask, Ari Haukijärvi