A BETTER WAY TO MEASURE DISABILITY IN OLDER-PEOPLE

Authors
PHILP I ARMSTRONG GK COYLE GG CHADWICK I MACHADO ABC
Citation
I. Philp et al., A BETTER WAY TO MEASURE DISABILITY IN OLDER-PEOPLE, Age and ageing, 27(4), 1998, pp. 519-522
Citations number
6
Categorie Soggetti
Geiatric & Gerontology
Journal title
Age and ageing → ACNP
ISSN journal
00020729
Volume
27
Issue
4
Year of publication
1998
Pages
519 - 522
Database
ISI
SICI code
0002-0729(1998)27:4<519:ABWTMD>2.0.ZU;2-F
Abstract
Background: health care experts, older people and carers were asked to weight 18 personal and social activities of daily living (ADLs) with regard to the importance of being able to perform them. Results: all g roups agreed on the order of importance but experts gave greater weigh t to personal ADLs. We have used these results to produce a ratio scal e.