Combining Activities of Daily Living with Instrumental Activities of Daily Living to Measure Functional Disability [PDF]
The Journals of Gerontology Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, 1998 Measures of functional disability typically contain items that reflect limitations in performing activities of daily living (ADLs) or instrumental activities of daily living (IADLs). Combining IADL and ADL items together in the same scale would provide enhanced range and sensitivity of measurement. This article presents psychometric justification for a
John A. Fleishman, William D. Spector
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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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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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Individual patient data meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials of community occupational therapy for stroke patients [PDF]
, 2004 <p><b>Background and Purpose:</b> Trials of occupational therapy for stroke patients living in the community have varied in their findings. It is unclear why these discrepancies have occurred.</p> <p><b>Methods:</
Bath, P. +11 more
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VISUALISASI ADAT ASLI PADA RITUAL PERNIKAHAN DAN CILOK KAI DALAM KOMIK KEBUDAYAAN SEBAGAI STRATEGI PEWARISAN BUDAYA BAGI GENERASI MUDA [PDF]
, 2010 To access publisher full text version of this article. Please click on the hyperlink in Additional Links fieldOBJECTIVE: To explore whether persons with right- and left-sided cerebrovascular accidents differ significantly in mean impact of ...
Gushevinalti, Gushevinalti +2 more
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Factors affecting the self-rated health of elderly individuals living alone: a cross-sectional study
BMC Research Notes, 2017 Objective In Japan, the number of elderly individuals living alone is continuing to increase as society ages. Although studies have considered quality of life, life expectancy, and gender differences in elderly individuals living alone, only a few have ...
Koji Yoshimitsu +5 more
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BMC Geriatrics, 2020 Background There is still controversy about the relationship between aging and changes in functional ability. This study aims to describe the level of basic activities of daily living (ADL) and higher-level instrumental activities of daily living (IADL ...
Hongpeng Liu +10 more
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Promoting Independence Through Effective Interventions For Adults With ALS [PDF]
, 2020 PICO Question What are effective occupational therapy interventions for adults with ALS to improve participation in ADLs/IADLs? Objectives Define amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and recognize the prevalence Identify and describe evidence-based ...
Gluchowski, OTS, Renee +4 more
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Identifying the most predictive risk factors for future cognitive impairment among elderly Chinese [PDF]
arXiv, 2023 Introduction. The societal burden of cognitive impairments in China has prompted researchers to develop clinical prediction models aimed at making risk assessments that enable preventative interventions. However, it is unclear which risk factors best predict future cognitive impairment and if predictive ability is consistent across different ...
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Use of personal call alarms among community-dwelling older people. [PDF]
, 2012 Having a fall and then lying on the floor for an hour or more is known as a ‘long lie’, which are associated with serious injury and an elevated risk of admission to hospital, long-term care, and death.
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