ADL scale

Activity of daily living scale Clinical medicine Any of a number of instruments used to assess physical functions–eg, self-care, ambulation, food preparation, shopping, housekeeping, etc. See Barthel index, Framingham Disability scale, Instrumental ADL scale, Katz ADL scale, Kenny Self-Care scale, Performance test of ADL, Timed manual performance.

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Modifications of the ADL scale scores after 12 months of follow-up were considered as functional outcome variable of interest.

Effects of Gingko biloba supplementation in Alzheimer's disease patients receiving cholinesterase inhibitors: data from the ICTUS study

The overall mean scores [+ or -] SD of ADL scale and SF36 were 4.

Determinants of physical health of older people in Iran

Several instruments were considered to affect hours of formal care authorized; lagged scores on the TDADS ADL scale and IADL scale were chosen as they passed the overidentification tests and were strongly correlated with formal care.

The relationship between formal and informal care among adult Medicaid personal care services recipients

A change of one category and 5 points was considered clinically significant for the Katz ADL scale and BI, respectively.

Twelve-month outcomes of patients admitted to the acute general medical service at Groote Schuur Hospital

9 Lawton Instrumental ADL Scale 63 [+ or -] 4 65 [+ or -] 4 Outcome Variable Post-APA p-Value Motricity Index Upper Limb 8.

Adaptive physical activity improves mobility function and quality of life in chronic hemiparesis

The ADL scale was scored on the basis of `no problem with the activity'/`any problem', and the adequacy with which it formed a hierarchical scale tested with a scalogram analysis [17].

The prevalence of diagnoses, impairments, disabilities and handicaps in a population of elderly people living in a defined geographical area: the Gospel Oak project

18] We also used numerical weights developed by Finch, Kane, and Philp[19] to convert responses on 11 MDS items to a magnitude estimation ADL scale.

Mortality from lower respiratory infection in nursing home residents: a pilot prospective community-based study

Client and caregiver functional status was measured by a version of the Katz ADL scale (Katz and Akpom, 1976), Lawton and Brody's IADL scale (Lawton and Brody, 1969).

Caregiver supports: outcomes from the Medicare Alzheimer's disease demonstration

The ADL scale reflects clinician assessments of patient functioning and daily living skills in six domains: eating, bathing, grooming, dressing, transferring, and toileting.

Cross-functional team processes and patient functional improvement

Since there is no disease-specific ADL scale for CAL subjects, we have assessed two widely accepted ADL scales used in elderly patients in other contexts: the Barthel index and the Nottingham extended ADL index.

A comparison of the Barthel index and Nottingham extended activities o daily living scale in the assessment of disability in chronic airflow limitation in old age

UPDRS, S&E ADL scale, and H&Y scale), cognitive status (i.

Caregiver distress in parkinsonism

The corresponding figures were 379 (67%) and 58 (62%) for the ADL scale, 360 (64%) and 31 (33%) for the DS, 368 (65%) and 58 (62%) for the IADL and 317 (56%) and 53 (57%) for the FAQ.