Assessment of activities of daily living in the elderly. A study of a population of 76-year-olds in Gothenburg, Sweden.

摘要: The cumulative structure of personal daily activities (Katz' Index ADL) and four well-defined instrumental (cooking, transportation, shopping, cleaning) have been studied in a population 76-year-olds (N = 659) Gothenburg, Sweden. Sixty-five percent the were independent, 22% dependent activities, 13% both activities. No person was ADL independent ADL. internal consistency coefficient scalability well above acceptance level, which indicated an reliability validity new scale. frequency home-assistance care, type accommodation, self-assessment self-care domestic compared with level dependence external validity. This instrument can be used to describe compare disability elderly populations define need for assistance home care among disabled persons.