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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[11] The S&E ADL scale is a tool of measuring a person's ability to perform daily activities in terms of speed and independence through a percentage figure.

Turkish version of Parkinson Fatigue Scale: Validity and reliability study of binary scoring method

The ADL Scale was developed in 1963.16 It includes six categories of activities: bathing, dressing, toilet needs, transfer, continence and feeding.17,18 Each item has three response options: dependent, partially dependent or independent.

Activities of daily living, quality of life, social support and depression levels of elderly individuals in Turkish society

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 4.7 [+ or -] 0.75 and 26.8 [+ or -] 3.9, respectively.

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

The Klein-Bell ADL Scale and Sickness Impact Profile are quite lengthy or cumbersome with more than 100 items each.

Exploring measures of functional dependence in the older adult with cancer

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

The magnitude estimation ADL scale was strongly related to mortality (Figure 2).

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 measures locomotor and neurologic aspects of basic functioning and has been shown to predict an elderly person's need for various types of service.

Socioeconomic factors affecting health status in the aging adult: a primer for medical laboratory managers

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