Freedom to Choose: Understanding Input Modality Preferences of People with Upper-body Motor Impairments for Activities of Daily Living [PDF]
, 2022 Many people with upper-body motor impairments encounter challenges while performing Activities of Daily Living (ADLs) and Instrumental Activities of Daily Living (IADLs), such as toileting, grooming, and managing finances, which have impacts on their Quality of Life (QOL).
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International Journal of Public Health, 2022 Objective: This paper assesses the relationship between demographics, health parameters, and functional limitations among older adults in Korea, including limitations in activities of daily living (ADLs) and instrumental activities of daily living (IADLs)
Van Cuong Nguyen +3 more
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Evaluation of Daily Living Activities of the Individuals with Osteoarthritis
Türk Osteoporoz Dergisi, 2014 Objective: Osteoarthritis (OA) is one of the most commonly seen joint diseases and chronic diseases. This research was conducted in order to evaluate daily living activities of the individuals who were diagnosed as OA.
Kenan Gümüş, Ayla Ünsal
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Identifying longitudinal sustainable hierarchies in activities of daily living [PDF]
, 2017 © 2017 Elsevier B.V. Activities of daily living serve as an indicator of progression in disability and rehabilitation. It is know that some of the measurement scales used show hierarchical properties indicating that activities of daily living are lost ...
Ferrario, Barbara +5 more
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Assessment of Activities of Daily Living in Dementia: Development of the Bristol Activities of Daily Living Scale [PDF]
Age and Ageing, 1996 A new assessment of Activities of Daily Living has been developed specifically for use with people with dementia. The assessment is a carer rated instrument consisting of 20 daily-living abilities. The scale has 'face validity', assessing items rated as important by and using levels of ability generated by carers.
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BMC Geriatrics, 2020 Backgrounds Little is known about the role of frailty in the recovery process of disability among older adults. We examined the association between frailty and recovery from activities of daily living (ADL) and instrumental ADL (IADL) disability among ...
Weihao Xu +3 more
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Central and Peripheral Adiposity Had Different Effect on Disability in Centenarians
Frontiers in Endocrinology, 2021 PurposeTo explore the correlations between waist circumference, body mass index, calf circumference (CC), and waist-calf circumference ratio (WCR) and activities of daily living (ADLs) and instrumental activities of daily living (IADLs) in Hainan ...
Shanshan Yang +7 more
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Exploring Patterns of Activities of Daily Living in the Home Environment [PDF]
, 2011 Background: Senior citizens tend to live longer and longer independently. Judging whether a senior person is still capable of living on his own is often based on the occurrence of incidents, with all consequences thereof.
Akker, Harm op den +4 more
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The process of decline in advanced activities of daily living: a qualitative explorative study in mild cognitive impairment [PDF]
, 2012 Background: The notion of "minimal impairment in instrumental activities of daily living (i-ADL)" is important in the diagnosis of mild cognitive impairment (MCI), but is presently not adequately operationalized. ADL is stratified according to difficulty,
Cornelis, Elise +5 more
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Determinants of ADL and IADL disability in older adults in southeastern Poland
BMC Geriatrics, 2019 Background The extension of the life span has led to an increase in the number of older people and an increase in the prevalence of disability in people over 60 years of age.
Agnieszka Ćwirlej-Sozańska +3 more
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