Validity of the Katz Index to assess activities of daily living by informants in neuropathological studies
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Validity of the Katz Index to assess activities of daily living by informants in neuropathological studies.
OBJECTIVE To analyze the evidences of construct validity of the Katz Index for the retrospective assessment of activities of daily living (ADL) by informants, to assist neuropathological studies in the elderly. METHOD A cross-sectional study analyzed the functional ability of ADL measure by the Katz Index, of 650 cases randomly selected from the Brazilian Brain Bank of the Ageing Brain Study ...
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WHY: Normal aging changes and health problems frequently show themselves as declines in the functional status of older adults. Decline may place the older adult on a spiral of iatrogenesis leading to further health problems. One of the best ways to evaluate the health status of older adults is through functional assessment which provides objective data that may indicate future decline or improv...
متن کاملKatz Index of Independence in Activities of Daily Living.
Why? Normal aging changes and health problems frequently show themselves as declines in the functional status of older adults. Decline may place the older adult on a spiral of iatrogenesis leading to further health problems. One of the best ways to evaluate the health status of older adults is through functional assessment, which provides objective data that may indicate future decline or impro...
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UNLABELLED This study involved the development and performance assessment of a cultural adaptation of the Katz scale of independence in activities of daily living, translated into Portuguese in Brazil. Two translations and two back-translations of the items were analyzed by experts in order to decide on the final version. Operational equivalence was assessed in a pilot study. The reliability an...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Revista da Escola de Enfermagem da USP
سال: 2015
ISSN: 0080-6234
DOI: 10.1590/s0080-623420150000600010