Assessment of Activities of Daily Living in Dementia: Development of the Bristol Activities of Daily Living Scale

A new assessment of Activities of Daily Living has been developed specifically for use with people with dementia. The assessment is a carer rated instrument consisting of 20 daily-living abilities. The scale has 'face validity', assessing items rated as important by and using levels of abi...

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Published in:Age and ageing 1996-03, Vol.25 (2), p.113-120
Main Authors: BUCKS, R. S., ASHWORTH, D. L., WILCOCK, G. K., SIEGFRIED, K.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Activities of daily living
Activities of Daily Living - classification
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Caregivers
Dementia
Dementia - classification
Dementia - diagnosis
Dementia - psychology
Development
Disability evaluation
Elderly
Elderly people
Evaluation
Female
Functional assessment
Geriatric Assessment
Health risk assessment
Humans
Life skills
Lifestyles
Male
Mental disorders
Mental Status Schedule - statistics & numerical data
Methods
Middle Aged
Neuropsychological Tests - statistics & numerical data
Older people
Psychometrics
Reproducibility of Results
Scales
Tests
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Summary:A new assessment of Activities of Daily Living has been developed specifically for use with people with dementia. The assessment is a carer rated instrument consisting of 20 daily-living abilities. The scale has 'face validity', assessing items rated as important by and using levels of ability generated by carers. It has 'construct' validity as demonstrated by principal components analysis. It has 'concurrent' validity in that it correlates well with observed task performance. It has good 'test–retest' reliability as measured by Cohen's Kappa and it correlates well with the Mini-Mental State Examination. Carers report that it is easy to use and it is relatively short. The authors believe the scale will be useful when assessing demented patients in the community or as part of clinical research trials.
ISSN:0002-0729
1468-2834
DOI:10.1093/ageing/25.2.113