Lawton IADL scale in dementia: Can item response theory make it more informative?

Age and Ageing

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 491-495

  McGrory, Sarah ^a   Shenkin, Susan D ^a   Austin, Elizabeth J ^a   Starr, John M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dementia; Functional measures; Item response theory; Lawton IADL; Mokken; Older people

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMENTIA; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; FOOD PROCESSING; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; ITEM RESPONSE THEORY; LAUNDRY; LAWTON INSTRUMENTAL ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING SCALE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; SELF MEDICATION; SHOPPING; TELEPHONE; TRAVEL; VERY ELDERLY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISABILITY; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGY; REGISTER; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UNITED KINGDOM;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEMENTIA; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); REGISTRIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SCOTLAND; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84903137809     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: 14682834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/aft173     Document Type: Article

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