Early diagnosis of mild cognitive impairment and mild dementia through basic and instrumental activities of daily living: Development of a new evaluation tool.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Assessment of activities of daily living (ADL) is paramount to determine impairment in everyday functioning and to ensure accurate early diagnosis of neurocognitive disorders. Unfortunately, most common ADL tools are limited in their use in a diagnostic process. This study developed a new evaluation by adopting the items of the Katz Index (basic [b-] ADL) and Lawton Scale (instrumental [i-] ADL), defining them with the terminology of the International Classification of Human Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF), adding the scoring system of the ICF, and adding the possibility to identify underlying causes of limitations in ADL.

Methods and findings

The construct validity, interrater reliability, and discriminative validity of this new evaluation were determine

SUBMITTER: Cornelis E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5349421 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature