Activities of Daily Living - Research News and Information

Wednesday, January 07, 2009

Two perspectives of proxy reporting of health-related quality of life using the Euroqol-5D, an investigation of agreement.

30 Oct 2008 BACKGROUND: Proxy-reporting has been proposed as an alternative to self-report of health-related quality of life (HRQoL) for patients with poor cognition. There are 2 possible perspectives from which to complete a proxy-report, answer as the ... Read more...

Subclinical disability in valued life activities among individuals with rheumatoid arthritis.

13 Oct 2008 OBJECTIVE: Subclinical disability, the need for modifications in task performance or frequency without reported difficulty with the task, has been identified as a stage along the disability continuum. We estimated the prevalence of subclinical ... Read more...

Living with a fluctuating illness of ankylosing spondylitis: a qualitative study.

13 Oct 2008 OBJECTIVE: To examine the relationship between illness fluctuations and how people with ankylosing spondylitis (AS) adapt to everyday life situations. METHODS: Twelve respondents, 8 women and 4 men, age 30-59 years with an AS duration of 6 months ... Read more...

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• Two perspectives of proxy reporting of health-related quality of life using the Euroqol-5D, an investigation of agreement. 30 Oct 2008
• Subclinical disability in valued life activities among individuals with rheumatoid arthritis. 13 Oct 2008
• Living with a fluctuating illness of ankylosing spondylitis: a qualitative study. 13 Oct 2008
• Arthritis disability and heart disease disability. 13 Oct 2008
• Activity limitations and compensatory mechanism use following limited wrist fusion. 13 Oct 2008
• Physical activity in adolescents with juvenile idiopathic arthritis. 13 Oct 2008
• Hand function and performance of daily activities in systemic lupus erythematosus. 13 Oct 2008
• Does a functional activity programme improve function, quality of life, and falls for residents in long term care? Cluster randomised controlled trial. 7 Oct 2008
• Analyzing participant produced photographs from an ethnographic study of fatherhood and smoking. 29 Sep 2008
• Symptoms and physical activity behavior in individuals with multiple sclerosis. 29 Sep 2008
• Health-related quality of life in patients treated for enterocutaneous fistula. 29 Sep 2008
• Adaptive short forms for outpatient rehabilitation outcome assessment. 29 Sep 2008
• Corridor-based functional performance measures correlate better with physical activity during daily life than treadmill measures in persons with peripheral arterial disease. 29 Sep 2008
• [Psychosocial approach of the speech of women in metastatic relapse of a breast cancer: the question of temporality] 29 Sep 2008
• Correspondence between perceived disability and objective physical impairment after elbow trauma. 29 Sep 2008
• Fatigue and functional dependence in older cancer patients. 29 Sep 2008
• Sensitivity and predictive value of occupational and physical therapy assessments in the functional evaluation of patients with suspected normal pressure hydrocephalus. 29 Sep 2008
• Excellent cross-cultural validity, intra-test reliability and construct validity of the Dutch Rivermead Mobility Index in patients after stroke undergoing rehabilitation. 29 Sep 2008
• The Swedish occupational fatigue inventory in people with multiple sclerosis. 29 Sep 2008
• Towards an instrument targeting mobility-related participation: Nordic cross-national reliability. 29 Sep 2008

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Technical information about 'Activities of Daily Living'

Definition: The performance of the basic activities of self care, such as dressing, ambulation, eating, etc., in rehabilitation.

Descriptor UI: D000203

Alternative terms: Activities of Daily Living; ADL; Activities, Daily Living; Activity, Daily Living; Daily Living Activities; Daily Living Activity; Living Activities, Daily; Living Activity, Daily; Independent Living; Living, Independent; Self Care (Rehabilitation); Care, Self (Rehabilitation); Cares, Self (Rehabilitation); Self Cares (Rehabilitation); Limitation of Activity, Chronic; Chronic Limitation of Activity;

Related Mesh Headings: Karnofsky Performance Status; Sickness Impact Profile;

Allowable Qualifiers: classification; psychology;

Tree Number: E02.831.067; I03.050; N02.421.784.110;

Online Note: use ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING to search SELF CARE 1979-80

History Note: 68; SELF CARE (REHABILITATION) was SELF CARE see ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING 1979-80

Technical Notes: IM; DF: note short X ref