The Direct Assessment of Functional Abilities (DAFA): A comparison to an indirect measure of instrumental activities of daily living

Gerontologist

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 113-121

  Karagiozis, Helen ^a,b   Gray, Sarah ^c   Sacco, Jane ^b   Shapiro, Martha ^b   Kawas, Claudia ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BAYVIEW MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Dementia; Performance measure; Self report and informant based ratings

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEMENTIA; HUMAN; PERFORMANCE; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF REPORT;

EID: 0031882836     PISSN: 00169013     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geront/38.1.113     Document Type: Article

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