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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Evaluation of problems encountered in daily living activities by ındividuals with colostomy: use of the Visual Analog Scale [PDF]
PeerJBackground Colostomy is a surgical intervention that affects physical and psychological health and can cause difficulties in areas such as personal care, hygiene, nutrition, mobility, and social interactions.
Muaz Gülşen +3 more
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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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The simulation of action disorganisation in complex activities of daily living [PDF]
, 2005 Action selection in everyday goal-directed tasks of moderate complexity is known to be subject to breakdown following extensive frontal brain injury. A model of action selection in such tasks is presented and used to explore three hypotheses concerning ...
Anderson JR +31 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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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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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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Health-related quality of life in Brazilian community-dwelling and institutionalized elderly: Comparison between genders [PDF]
, 2016 Objective: To compare the health-related quality of life (HRQL) indicators between institutionalized and community-dwelling elderly men and women.
Cendoroglo, Maysa Seabra +7 more
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Differences in ability to perform activities of daily living among women with fibromyalgia:A cross-sectional study [PDF]
, 2015 Objective: To investigate whether the Assessment of Motor and Process Skills (AMPS), the physical function subscales of the Fibromyalgia Impact Questionnaire (FIQ PF) and the 36-item Short Form (SF-36 PF) can identify subgroups of women with fibromyalgia
Amris, Kirstine +4 more
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Daily functioning and dementia
Dementia & Neuropsychologia, 2020 . Dementia is characterized by a decline in memory, language, problem-solving and in other cognitive domains that affect a person’s ability to perform everyday activities and social functioning.
Gabriele Cipriani +4 more
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