Informant-rated activities-of-daily-living (ADL) assessments: Results of a study of 141 items in the U.S.A., Germany, Russia, and Greece from the International ADL Scale Development Project

Alzheimer Disease and Associated Disorders

Volumn 11, Issue SUPPL. 4, 1997, Pages

  Lehfeld, H ^a   Reisberg, B ^b   Finkel, S ^c   Kanowski, S ⁱ   Wied, V ^d   Pittas, J ^e   Tsolaki, M ^f   Robert, P H ^g   Hulla, F ^h   Heininger, K ^h   Erzigkeit, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ERLANGEN   (Germany)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Bektherev Institut   (Russian Federation)

^e Psychiatric Hospital   (Greece)

^f Neurologic University Hospital   (Greece)

^g UNIVERSITÉ CÔTE D'AZUR   (France)

^h BAYER AG   (Germany)

ⁱ NONE

Author keywords

Activities of daily living; Alzheimer disease; Dementia; Psychometric assessment

Indexed keywords

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMNESIA; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; GERMANY; GREECE; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; RATING SCALE; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; UNITED STATES;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; FEMALE; GERMANY; GREECE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PILOT PROJECTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RUSSIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0030692069     PISSN: 08930341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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