Instrumental Activities of Daily Living (iADL) Limitations in Europe: An Assessment of SHARE Data

The Lawton Instrumental Activities of Daily Living (IADL) Scale.

Health Promotion Behaviours and Level of Activities of Daily Living and Instrumental Activities of Daily Living Among Elderly People in West Region of Tehran: A Cross-Sectional Survey

Objectives: As individuals live longer, health promotion behaviors get even more important, particularly with regard to maintaining functional independence and improving quality of life. The purpose of this study was to explore the relationship between health promotion behaviors and level of Activities of Daily Living (ADL) and Instrumental Activities of Daily Living (IADL) among elderly people...

Prevalence of functional disability in activities of daily living (ADL), instrumental activities of daily living (IADL) and associated factors, as predictors of morbidity and mortality.

The aim of this study is to establish the existing relationship among variables referred to the person, specifically age and gender, and the functional dependence in basic ADL and in IADL, as well as the possible relationship it has with the increase of morbidity and mortality in a random sample of 598 individuals older than 65 years. Of these individuals, 34.6% were categorized as dependent fo...

Instrumental Activities of Daily Living (ADL) Scale.

2. Can you get to places beyond walking distance without help with some help Or are you completely unable to travel unless special arrangements are made? [ ] 3 [ ] 2 [ ] 1 3. Can you go shopping for groceries without help with some help Or are you completely unable to do any shopping? [ ] 3 [ ] 2 [ ] 1 4. Can you prepare your own meals without help with some help Or are you completely unable to...

Developing an instrumental activities of daily living tool as part of the low vision assessment of daily activities protocol.

PURPOSE To determine the validity, reliability, and measurement characteristics using factor and Rasch analysis of the Very Low Vision Instrumental Activities of Daily Living (IADL-VLV) in persons with severe vision loss. METHODS From an initial pool of 296 tasks, 25 were shortlisted after conducting a Delphi survey with persons designated legally blind. Using further input from occupational ...