WHY: The assessment of functional status is critical when caring for older adults. Normal
aging changes, acute illness, worsening chronic illness, and hospitalization can contribute …

WHY: The assessment of functional status is critical when caring for older adults. Normal
aging changes, acute illness, worsening chronic illness, and hospitalization can contribute …

Background Activities of daily living (ADL) are often used as predictors of health and function
in older persons. This systematic review is part of a series initiated by the European Network …

Lawton and Brody's eight-item Instrumental Activities of Daily Living (IADL) scale is used
often with elderly patients but scored in several different ways. We scored the IADL with …

Purpose: The original version of the Direct Assessment of Functional Status (DAFS), a
measure of instrumental activities of daily living (IADLs), was found to have a ceiling effect in …

WHY: Normal aging changes and health problems frequently show themselves as declines
in the functional status of older adults. Decline may place the older adult on a spiral of …

WHY: Normal aging changes and health problems frequently show themselves as declines
in the functional status of older adults. Decline may place the older adult on a spiral of …

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 …

Background The Lawton Instrumental Activities of Daily Living (IADL) scale is the most
widely used scale for the assessment of IADL in the elderly population. The aim of this study …

Background The adequate information about the functional capacity of elderly populations is
a key for the comprehensive assessment of their health status and autonomy. The Lawton …