Psychometric properties of the Brazilian version of Pfeffer's functional activities questionnaire

Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience

Volumn 6, Issue SEP, 2014, Pages

  Assis, Luciana de Oliveira ^a,b   de Paula, Jonas Jardim ^a   Assis, Marcella Guimarães ^a   de Moraes, Edgar Nunes ^a   Malloy Diniz, Leandro Fernandes ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^b FUMEC UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Functional assessment; Instrumental activities of daily living; Neuropsychology; Older adult; Psychometric properties; Reliability; Validity

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BRAZILIAN; COGNITION; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEPRESSION; ECOLOGICAL VALIDITY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT INVENTORY; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PFEFFERS FUNCTIONAL ACTIVITY QUESTIONNAIRE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE;

EID: 84907920644     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16634365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnagi.2014.00255     Document Type: Article

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