Activities of Daily Living
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Saturday, November 21, 2009

The health consequences of using physical restraints in nursing homes.

30 Oct 2009 BACKGROUND: Using a national longitudinal sample of nursing homes residents (N = 264,068), we examine whether physical restraint use contributes to subsequent physical or psychological health decline. METHODS: The minimum data set, the on-line ... Read more...

The role of disability in explaining long-term care utilization.

30 Oct 2009 OBJECTIVE: In view of aging populations, it is important to improve our understanding of the determination of long-term care (LTC) service use among the middle-aged and elderly population. We examined the likelihood of using 2 levels of LTC-homecare ... Read more...

Rehabilitation combined with ventriculoperitoneal shunt for patients with chronic normal pressure hydrocephalus due to aneurysm subarachnoid haemorrhage: a preliminary study.

30 Oct 2009 OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to compare activities of daily living and cognitive function after 6 months' rehabilitation training with or without ventriculoperitoneal shunt in patients with chronic normal pressure hydrocephalus following ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Activities of Daily Living'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• The health consequences of using physical restraints in nursing homes. 30 Oct 2009
• The role of disability in explaining long-term care utilization. 30 Oct 2009
• Rehabilitation combined with ventriculoperitoneal shunt for patients with chronic normal pressure hydrocephalus due to aneurysm subarachnoid haemorrhage: a preliminary study. 30 Oct 2009
• Prediction of employment status one year post-discharge from rehabilitation following traumatic spinal cord injury: an exploratory analysis of participation and environmental variables. 30 Oct 2009
• Poor functional recovery after a critical illness: a longitudinal study. 30 Oct 2009
• Kinematic and neurophysiological models: future applications in neurorehabilitation. 30 Oct 2009
• Robot-based rehabilitation of the upper limbs in multiple sclerosis: feasibility and preliminary results. 30 Oct 2009
• Participation: a comparative analysis of multiple rehabilitation stakeholders' perspectives. 30 Oct 2009
• Prediction of depressive symptoms up to three years post-stroke. 30 Oct 2009
• Factors related to fatigue in women and men with early rheumatoid arthritis: the Swedish TIRA study. 30 Oct 2009
• Vocational rehabilitation: an educational review. 30 Oct 2009
• Heritability of spinal pain and consequences of spinal pain: a comprehensive genetic epidemiologic analysis using a population-based sample of 15,328 twins ages 20-71 years. 13 Oct 2009
• Quantifying the impact of transient joint symptoms, chronic joint symptoms, and arthritis: a population-based approach. 13 Oct 2009
• Predicting persistent low back pain in schoolchildren: a prospective cohort study. 13 Oct 2009
• Knee osteoarthritis in obese women with cardiometabolic clustering. 13 Oct 2009
• Squatting, sitting on the floor, or cycling: are life-long daily activities risk factors for clinical knee osteoarthritis? Stage III results of a community-based study. 13 Oct 2009
• Loss of independence in patients starting dialysis at 80 years of age or older. 13 Oct 2009
• Functional status of elderly adults before and after initiation of dialysis. 13 Oct 2009
• Felt obligation to help others as a protective factor against losses in psychological well-being following functional decline in middle and later life. 11 Oct 2009
• Perceived need for mental health care among community-dwelling older adults. 7 Oct 2009

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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