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activities of daily living scale

ac·tiv·i·ties of dai·ly liv·ing scale

assessment of more fundamental abilities for independent living (e.g., dressing, feeding, bathing, and toileting). Knowledge of basic functional abilities is necessary to help maintain the patient in a specific environment of care (e.g., patient's home).
See also: instrumental activities of daily living scale.
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Activities of Daily Living Scale

Any of a number of instruments used to assess physical functions of “daily living”—e.g., self-care, ambulation, food preparation, shopping, housekeeping, etc.
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ac·tiv·i·ties of dai·ly liv·ing scale

(ak-tiv'i-tēz dā'lē liv'ing skāl)
A measurement to score physical activity and its limitations, based on answers to simple questions about mobility, self-care, and grooming; widely used in health care professions (e.g., rehabilitation therapy, occupational therapy, and nursing).
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Lawton-Brody Instrumental Activities of Daily Living Scale (IADL).
The Parkinson's disease Activities of Daily Living Scale (PADLS) is a single-item self-reported rating scale targeting ADL in people with PD [10].
Severity of depression was assessed using the Hamilton Depression Scale (HMD), (15) cognitive performance by the Hong Kong Montreal Cognitive Assessment (HK-MoCA), (16) and functional level by the Instrumental Activities of Daily Living Scale (IADL).
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Brief assessment scales--such as the Montreal Cognitive Assessment Test, (17) the Abnormal Involuntary Movement Scale, (18) and the Instrumental Activities of Daily Living Scale (19)--can help you quantify baseline functioning, monitor symptom response, and detect adverse effects.
* the modified Bristol Activities of Daily Living scale (BADLS) (12)
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