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Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 1983
The aging of the population of the United States and a concern for the well-being of older people have hastened the emergence of measures of functional health. Among these, measures of basic activities of daily living, mobility, and instrumental activities of daily living have been particularly useful and are now widely available.
Sydney Katz
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The aging of the population of the United States and a concern for the well-being of older people have hastened the emergence of measures of functional health. Among these, measures of basic activities of daily living, mobility, and instrumental activities of daily living have been particularly useful and are now widely available.
Sydney Katz
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Medical Journal of The Islamic Republic of Iran, 2020
Background: Given the increasing population of older adults in different societies, it is important to take into account the needs of them. In this regard, the most important things that are closely related to their quality of life are their ability in ...
Marzieh Pashmdarfard, A. Azad
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Background: Given the increasing population of older adults in different societies, it is important to take into account the needs of them. In this regard, the most important things that are closely related to their quality of life are their ability in ...
Marzieh Pashmdarfard, A. Azad
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European Journal of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine, 2020
BACKGROUND A combination of physical and cognitive training appears to be the effective intervention to improve cognitive function in older adults with mild cognitive impairment (MCI).
Y. Liao +4 more
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BACKGROUND A combination of physical and cognitive training appears to be the effective intervention to improve cognitive function in older adults with mild cognitive impairment (MCI).
Y. Liao +4 more
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British Journal of Occupational Therapy, 2021
Introduction Deficits in cognition have been found to be associated with problems in performing daily activities; however, it is unknown what specific domains of cognition are related to each daily activity.
Cheryl Toth +3 more
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Introduction Deficits in cognition have been found to be associated with problems in performing daily activities; however, it is unknown what specific domains of cognition are related to each daily activity.
Cheryl Toth +3 more
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Journal of Chronic Diseases, 1987
A three-level hierarchical scale including IADL (shopping and transportation) and ADL (bathing, dressing, transferring, and feeding) was tested and validated based on secondary analysis of three studies of elders in the community: a population-based sample, the Cleveland-GAO, and two service-based samples, the Alternative Health Services Project, a ...
William D. Spector +3 more
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A three-level hierarchical scale including IADL (shopping and transportation) and ADL (bathing, dressing, transferring, and feeding) was tested and validated based on secondary analysis of three studies of elders in the community: a population-based sample, the Cleveland-GAO, and two service-based samples, the Alternative Health Services Project, a ...
William D. Spector +3 more
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Assessment of older people: self-maintaining and instrumental activities of daily living.
The gerontologist, 1969THE use of formal devices for assessing function is becoming standard in agencies serving the elderly. In the Gerontological Society's recent contract study on functional assessment (Howell, 1968), a large assortment of rating scales, checklists, and ...
M. Lawton, E. Brody
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Assessment of Instrumental Activities of Daily Living in Dementia
Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry and Neurology, 2013Background: Measuring impairments in “instrumental activities of daily living” (IADL) is important in dementia, but challenging due to the lack of reliable and valid instruments. We recently developed the Amsterdam Instrumental Activities of Daily Living Questionnaire (A-IADL-Q; note 1). We aim to investigate the diagnostic accuracy of the A-IADL-Q for
Sikkes, S.A.M. +5 more
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Multidimensionality in Instrumental and Basic Activities of Daily Living
Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, 1998Although the use of self-reported ADL (activity of daily living) scales has a long history, the Katz-based assumptions of unidimensionality and hierarchy are increasingly found lacking, and ADLs alone are found to underestimate dysfunction and disability.
Vince Salazar Thomas +3 more
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Instrumental activities of daily living and mild cognitive impairment
Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology, 2023Functional impairments are a necessary requirement for the diagnosis of a dementia along with observed cognitive impairment. Comparatively, functional abilities are often relatively intact in those with mild cognitive impairment (MCI).The current research examined the associations between memory clinic participants classified as cognitively intact ...
David J. Libon +9 more
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Contribution of executive functioning to instrumental activities of daily living in older adults
Applied neuropsychology. Adult, 2020The Texas Functional Living Scale (TFLS) is a performance-based measure of instrumental activities of daily living (IADLs). Executive dysfunction has been linked to impairment on other IADL measures but has not been thoroughly investigated with the TFLS.
C. Nguyen +4 more
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