Validation of the modified assessment of living skills and resources, an IADL measure for older people

Disability and Rehabilitation

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 359-369

  Clemson, Lindy ^a   Bundy, Anita ^a   Unsworth, Carolyn ^b   Singh, Maria Fiatarone ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ageing; Instrument validation; Instrumental activities of daily living; Occupational therapy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HIP FRACTURE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RASCH ANALYSIS; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; SKILL; STROKE; TASK PERFORMANCE; VALIDATION STUDY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISABILITY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; MIDDLE AGED; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 66849091667     PISSN: 09638288     EISSN: 14645165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09638280802105881     Document Type: Article

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