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Evaluation of problems encountered in daily living activities by ındividuals with colostomy: use of the Visual Analog Scale [PDF]

open access: yesPeerJ
Background 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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Factors Associated With Functional Limitations in Daily Living Among Older Adults in Korea: A Cross-Sectional Study

open access: yesInternational 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
doaj   +1 more source

A new clinical tool for assessing numerical abilities in neurological diseases: numerical activities of daily living [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
The aim of this study was to build an instrument, the numerical activities of daily living (NADL), designed to identify the specific impairments in numerical functions that may cause problems in everyday life.
Silvia Benavides-Varela   +22 more
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Determinants of ADL and IADL disability in older adults in southeastern Poland

open access: yesBMC 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
doaj   +1 more source

Central and Peripheral Adiposity Had Different Effect on Disability in Centenarians

open access: yesFrontiers 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
doaj   +1 more source

Association of Frailty with recovery from disability among community-dwelling Chinese older adults: China health and retirement longitudinal study

open access: yesBMC 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
doaj   +1 more source

Daily functioning and dementia

open access: yesDementia & 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
doaj   +1 more source

Factors affecting the self-rated health of elderly individuals living alone: a cross-sectional study

open access: yesBMC 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
doaj   +1 more source

Geriatric Psychiatry: Just So You Know

open access: yesMedEdPORTAL, 2014
Introduction By 2030 about 20% of the U.S. population will be over age 65. The Institute of Medicine report published in 2012 titled “The Mental Health and Substance Abuse Workforce, In Whose Hands?” decries the shortage of specialists in geriatrics and ...
Mary Blazek
doaj   +1 more source

Smallest Real Difference of 2 Instrumental Activities of Daily Living Measures in Patients With Chronic Stroke

open access: yes, 2017
Lu W-S, Chen CC, Huang S-L, Hsieh C-L. Smallest real difference of 2 instrumental activities of daily living measures in patients with chronic stroke. Arch Phys Med Rehabil 2012;93:1097-1100.
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