Lanjut usia sebagai individu sama halnya dengan klien yang digambarkan oleh Orem yaitu suatu unit juga mengehendaki kemandirian dalam mempertahankan hidup, kesehatan dan kesejateraannya. Kemandirian pada lanjut tergantung kemampuan status fungsionalnya melakukan aktivitas sehari–hari. merupakan sikap diperoleh secara komulatif perkembangan dimana akan terus belajar untuk bersikap mandiri mengha...

BACKGROUND Dementia in Parkinson's disease (PD) is defined as cognitive decline severe enough to affect activities of daily living function (ADL). The aim of our exploratory study was to compare two groups of PD patients. Both groups had cognitive deficits severe enough to justify diagnosis of dementia, but they differed according to caregivers' rating on ADL dysfunction. Parameters which diffe...

Cognitive impairment due to dementia decreases functionality in Activities of Daily Living (ADL). Its assessment is useful to identify care needs, risks and monitor disease progression. This study investigates differences in ADL pattern-performance between dementia patients and healthy controls using unobtrusive sensors. Around 9,600 person-hours of activity data were collected from the home of...

Cognitive functioning influences activities of daily living (ADL). However, studies reporting the association between ADL and neuropsychological performance show inconsistent results regarding what specific cognitive domains are related to each specific functional domains. Additionally, whether depressive symptoms are associated with a worse functional performance in older adults is still under...

Monitoring of activities of daily living (ADL) using wearable sensors can provide an objective indication of the activity levels or restrictions experienced by patients or elderly. The current study presented a two-sensor ADL classification method designed and tested specifically with elderly subjects. Ten healthy elderly were involved in a laboratory testing with 6 types of daily activities. T...

Background: In many studies, patients with Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) who undergoing Hemodialysis (HD) have been evident to low levels of physical functioning as well difficulty performing activities daily living (ADL) compared the healthy population. This study aims describe performance among CKD HD. Methods: Subjects were 42 outpatients (27 men, 15 women; mean age 50 ± SD=9,49) maintenance ...

BACKGROUND: Myasthenia Gravis (MG) is an autoimmune disease of the neuromuscular junction that has autoantibodies can be found in most cases. Fatigue and skeletal muscle weakness are pathognomonic symptoms MG severely disabling, interfering with a patient’s ability to pursue activities daily living, limiting their work, family, social lives. AIM: This study aimed analyze correlation between fat...

Objectives: Activity of daily living (ADL) stages demonstrated ordered associations with risk of chronic conditions, hospitalization, nursing home use, and mortality among community-living elderly. This article explores the association of stages with psychosocial well-being. We hypothesized that higher ADL stages (greater ADL limitation) are associated with more restricted social networks, less...