On scaling methodology and environmental influences in disability assessments: The cumulative structure of personal and instrumental ADL among older adults in a Swedish rural district

Canadian Journal of Occupational Therapy

Volumn 64, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 240-251

  Iwarsson, Susanne ^a   Isacsson, Åke ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Activities of daily living; Aged; Assessment process; Occupational therapy

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISABILITY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PREVALENCE; RURAL AREA; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SWEDEN;

EID: 0031408235     PISSN: 00084174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000841749706400501     Document Type: Article

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