The development of a hierarchical polychotomous ADL-IADL scale for noninstitutionalized elders. Export

@article{Kempen GI, Suurmeijer TP , abstract = {A hierarchical scale comprising 18 activities of daily living (ADL) and instrumental activities of daily living (IADL) items was tested on a sample of 101 noninstitutionalized people of 60 years and older in a northern part of the Netherlands. Three possible answers per item were used. The results confirmed the possibility of constructing a unidimensional, hierarchical, polychotomous scale for older people, measuring "functional problems on ADL-IADL." Moreover, the possibility of using two separate subscales (for ADL and IADL) was observed.}, address = {Department of Health Sciences, State University of Groningen, The Netherlands.}, author = {Kempen, G. I. and Suurmeijer, T. P.}, citeulike-article-id = {3043591}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2394384}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://www.hubmed.org/display.cgi?uids=2394384}, comment = {prime, may have print}, issn = {0016-9013}, journal = {The Gerontologist}, keywords = {community-dwelling}, month = {August}, number = {4}, pages = {497--502}, posted-at = {2008-07-25 20:52:05}, priority = {2}, title = {The development of a hierarchical polychotomous ADL-IADL scale for noninstitutionalized elders.}, url = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2394384}, volume = {30}, year = {1990} }

TY - JOUR ID - Kempen GI, Suurmeijer TP L3 - citeulike-article-id:3043591 N2 - A hierarchical scale comprising 18 activities of daily living (ADL) and instrumental activities of daily living (IADL) items was tested on a sample of 101 noninstitutionalized people of 60 years and older in a northern part of the Netherlands. Three possible answers per item were used. The results confirmed the possibility of constructing a unidimensional, hierarchical, polychotomous scale for older people, measuring "functional problems on ADL-IADL." Moreover, the possibility of using two separate subscales (for ADL and IADL) was observed. IS - 4 JF - The Gerontologist SN - 0016-9013 AD - Department of Health Sciences, State University of Groningen, The Netherlands. EP - 502 TI - The development of a hierarchical polychotomous ADL-IADL scale for noninstitutionalized elders. VL - 30 SP - 497 KW - community-dwelling N1 - prime, may have print AU - Kempen, GI AU - Suurmeijer, TP PY - 1990/08// UR - http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2394384 ER -