[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.
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.
Modifications of the
ADL scale scores after 12 months of follow-up were considered as functional outcome variable of interest.
The overall mean scores [+ or -] SD of
ADL scale and SF36 were 4.7 [+ or -] 0.75 and 26.8 [+ or -] 3.9, respectively.
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.
A change of one category and 5 points was considered clinically significant for the Katz
ADL scale and BI, respectively.
The Klein-Bell
ADL Scale and Sickness Impact Profile are quite lengthy or cumbersome with more than 100 items each.
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 magnitude estimation
ADL scale was strongly related to mortality (Figure 2).
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).
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.
The
ADL scale reflects clinician assessments of patient functioning and daily living skills in six domains: eating, bathing, grooming, dressing, transferring, and toileting.