index of activities of daily living

An assessment tool developed by American gerontologist S. Katz and his colleagues. It assesses self-maintenance in older adults and focuses on the unaided performance of six basic personal care activities: eating, toileting, dressing, bathing, transferring, and continence.

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The uric acid group showed a "high statistical trend" toward having fully independent functioning at 90 days as assessed by a score greater than 94 on the Barthel Index of Activities of Daily Living, with 48% on uric acid and 41% on placebo reaching this mark, Dr.

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Data were collected via Questionnaire Form, Katz Index of Activities of Daily Living (ADL), Geriatric Depression Scale-short form (GDS_SF), and the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI).

Relationship between activities of daily living, sleep and depression among the aged living at home

They underwent a series of tests to assess various aspects of their cognitive and functional abilities, including the MMSE, the Barthel Index of Activities of Daily Living (BADL), and Lawton's Instrumental Activities of Daily Living (IADL).

Hallucinations may predict impairment in Alzheimer's

All patients who consented to enter the study answered a questionnaire covering living arrangements, background of the presentation to the ED, the Barthel index of activities of daily living (ADL) [11], a modified instrumental ADL index (IADL) [12] and the Short Portable Mental Status Questionnaire (MSQ) [13].

Risk of admission within 4 weeks of discharge of elderly patients from the emergency department--the DEED study