Routine use of an abbreviated 4-item scale to assess dependence in essential activities of daily living amongst elderly hemodialysis patients: A validation study

International Urology and Nephrology

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 259-264

  Farrokhi, Farhat ^a   Jassal, Sarbjit V ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

Author keywords

Barthel index; Functional impairment; Hemodialysis

Indexed keywords

4 ITEM SCALE; ADL DISABILITY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BARTHEL INDEX; BATH; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DISABILITY SEVERITY; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; GROOMING; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTIVE VALUE; SELF REPORT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VALIDATION PROCESS; WALKING;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; MALE; MOBILITY LIMITATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RENAL DIALYSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84873405526     PISSN: 03011623     EISSN: 15732584     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11255-012-0360-4     Document Type: Article

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