Impact of home modification services on ability in everyday life for people ageing with disabilities

Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 253-260

  Petersson, Ingela ^a   Lilja, Margareta ^a   Hammel, Joy ^b   Kottorp, Anders ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

ADL; Community living; Differential item functioning; Environmental intervention; Occupational therapy; Rasch analysis

Indexed keywords

ADL DISABILITY; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMMUNITY LIVING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HOME ENVIRONMENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; PARAMETRIC TEST; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT SAFETY; RASCH ANALYSIS; REHABILITATION CARE; SAMPLING; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF CARE; SELF EVALUATION; SWEDEN;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGING; ARCHITECTURAL ACCESSIBILITY; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOUSING; HUMANS; MALE; SAFETY; SELF EFFICACY; SELF-HELP DEVICES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 42649093137     PISSN: 16501977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2340/16501977-0160     Document Type: Article

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