Functioning and Disability in Community-Living People with Perceived Cognitive Impairment or Dementia: A Mixed Methods Study using the World Health Organization Disability Assessment Schedule.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To explore how community-living people with perceived cognitive impairment or dementia and their next-of-kin perceive functioning and disability in major life domains.

Methods

Individual interviews guided by the World Health Organization Disability Assessment Schedule (WHODAS 2.0) were conducted with 26 people with perceived cognitive impairment or dementia (age range 38-87 years) and 26 next-of-kin. Qualitative content analysis- and International Classification of Functioning, Disability, and Health (ICF) linking methods were used to analyse the transcripts. The perceived degree of disability in daily functioning was calculated and compared between people with perceived cognitive impairment or dementia and next-of-kin, using a Mann-Whitney U test.

Results

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SUBMITTER: Paanalahti M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9893836 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature