Objective. This study evaluated variation in functional independence in activities of daily living (ADL) and instrumental activities of daily living (IADL) among individuals with poststroke fatigue (PSF) and poststroke depression (PSD). Methods. A cross-sectional survey involved 65 consenting poststroke survivors who were purposively recruited from physiotherapy clinics of the University Colleg...

OBJECTIVE The aim of the present study was to examine the association between nutritional status and the incidence of disability regarding instrumental activities of daily living (IADL) among older adults. DESIGN The study is part of the longitudinal SABE (Saúde, Bem-Estar e Envelhecimento; Health, Wellbeing and Ageing) Study that began in 2000 (first wave) with a multistage, clustered, proba...

OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to examine the predictive relationship of categorization and deductive reasoning abilities to performance of instrumental activities of daily living (IADL) among adults with brain injury. METHOD A correlational research design was used to examine the performance of 19 patients from a neurosurgery acute care unit on Toglia's Category Assessment (TCA), th...

UNLABELLED Background Appropriate information about the functional capacity of patients with dementia disease plays an important role in assessment of their health status and functional independence. The purpose of the present study is to investigate the reliability and validity of the Lawton IADL Persian version in patients with dementia. METHOD International Quality Of Life Assessment (IQOL...

As the population continues to age, daily lives of those with disabled lower limbs have gradually become an unavoidable social welfare problem. Based on investigation and analysis into routines elderly partial disability in their limbs, product design experiment is proposed solve any mobility difficulties provide practical help that can ensure independence contact. literature research market co...

This article presents descriptive statistics from the 1982 Long-Term Care Survey on noninstitutionalized elderly Americans with limitations in activities of daily living (ADL) and instrumental activities of daily living (IADL). The focus of this article is on private expenses for home-based care related to ADL and IADL limitations. We describe the amounts of out-of-pocket payments expended rela...

To establish a diagnosis of dementia, it is necessary, in addition to cognitive impairment, prove the existence disorder instrumental activities daily living (IADL). The Amsterdam IADL Questionnaire reliable instrument translated into different languages. This study aims assess diagnostic accuracy Serbian version Questionnaire. included 75 patients with mild impairment (MCI) and dementia due Al...

This study aimed to examine the influence of changes in exercise status, nutritional and a number comorbidities on functional ability Taiwanese community-dwelling older adults. Data were obtained from Taiwan Longitudinal Study Aging. The results revealed that current consistent negatively associated with subsequent 4- 8-year activities daily living (ADL) instrumental ADL (IADL) decline (all p &...