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| Standard measures of executive function in predicting instrumental activities of daily living in older adults | | Author(s) | Sandra Bell-McGinty, Kenneth Podell, Michael Franzen |
| Journal title | International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, vol 17, no 9, September 2002 |
| Pages | pp 828-834 |
| Keywords | Cognitive processes ; Evaluation ; Self care capacity ; Mobility ; Measurement ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | The ability of specific, commonly used neuropsychological tests of executive function to predict functional status in a group of older subjects was examined. 50 study participants underwent a brief neuropsychological evaluation of executive function and assessment of instrumental activities of daily living (IADLs). A multiple stepwise regression analysis indicated that executive function tests accounted for 54% of the variance in functional status. An examination of the standardised regression coefficients revealed that the Trial Making Test - Part B and the Wisconsin Card Sorting Test were the only two of the five executive function tests that significantly predicted functional status. These functional measures contributed significantly to the prediction of functional status even after statistically controlling for age, sex and education. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-021024208 A |
| Classmark | DA: 4C: CA: C4: 3R: 7T |
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