Proposition of a corrected measure of the Lawton instrumental activities of daily living score.

ABSTRACT:

Background

We aimed to propose a correction of the Lawton instrumental activity of daily living (IADL) score to take into account the possibility to have never done some activities, and measured its agreement and reliability with the usual IADL score.

Methods

A cross-sectional study was conducted in outpatients attending French memory clinics between 2014 and 2017. Lawton IADL, cognitive performance, diagnosis, neuropsychiatric symptoms, and sociodemographics characteristics were collected. A corrected IADL was calculated and its agreement with the usual IADL was assessed.

Results

The study included of 2391 patients (79.9 years old, 61.7% female). Based on the usual IADL, 36.9% of patients had never carried out at least one of the activities. This proportion reached 6

SUBMITTER: Dufournet M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7802257 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature