Simple counts of the number of basic ADL dependencies for long-term care research and practice. Export

@article{Travis SS, McAuley WJ , abstract = {General acceptance of a patterned progression of dependency in activities of daily living has led to the widespread practice of simply counting the individual's basic ADL dependencies to reflect his or her self-care needs and level of impairment. This method is convenient, and it is practical to the extent that individuals do fit a scaled pattern of dependency that allows some meaningful comparison among individuals and between groups to be made. This research, based on 3,611 Medicaid cases in Virginia, reports that 36 percent of those individuals screened for nursing home admission do not match a commonly accepted pattern of dependency. The analyses include a logistic regression procedure to explain the characteristics of the "ADL divergent" cases and a Guttman scaling procedure on the ADL data for the sample. Results of the analyses indicate that a Guttman scaling procedure does as well as, but not better than, the original Katz ADL scale, with both scales describing approximately two-thirds of the cases in the sample.}, address = {Family and Child Development, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg 24061.}, author = {Travis, S. S. and McAuley, W. J.}, citeulike-article-id = {3043593}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2113045}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://www.hubmed.org/display.cgi?uids=2113045}, comment = {guttman not better than sum score (but how about 2-para or mokken?)}, issn = {0017-9124}, journal = {Health services research}, keywords = {community-dwelling}, month = {June}, number = {2}, pages = {349--360}, posted-at = {2008-07-25 21:00:24}, priority = {5}, title = {Simple counts of the number of basic ADL dependencies for long-term care research and practice.}, url = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2113045}, volume = {25}, year = {1990} }

TY - JOUR ID - Travis SS, McAuley WJ L3 - citeulike-article-id:3043593 N2 - General acceptance of a patterned progression of dependency in activities of daily living has led to the widespread practice of simply counting the individual's basic ADL dependencies to reflect his or her self-care needs and level of impairment. This method is convenient, and it is practical to the extent that individuals do fit a scaled pattern of dependency that allows some meaningful comparison among individuals and between groups to be made. This research, based on 3,611 Medicaid cases in Virginia, reports that 36 percent of those individuals screened for nursing home admission do not match a commonly accepted pattern of dependency. The analyses include a logistic regression procedure to explain the characteristics of the "ADL divergent" cases and a Guttman scaling procedure on the ADL data for the sample. Results of the analyses indicate that a Guttman scaling procedure does as well as, but not better than, the original Katz ADL scale, with both scales describing approximately two-thirds of the cases in the sample. IS - 2 JF - Health services research SN - 0017-9124 AD - Family and Child Development, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg 24061. EP - 360 TI - Simple counts of the number of basic ADL dependencies for long-term care research and practice. VL - 25 SP - 349 KW - community-dwelling N1 - guttman not better than sum score (but how about 2-para or mokken?) AU - Travis, SS AU - McAuley, WJ PY - 1990/06// UR - http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2113045 ER -