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| The Direct Assessment of Functional Abilities (DAFA): a comparison to an indirect measure of instrumental activities of daily living | | Author(s) | Helen Karagiozis, Sarah Gray, Jane Sacco |
| Journal title | The Gerontologist, vol 38, no 1, February 1998 |
| Pages | pp 113-121 |
| Keywords | Dementia ; Mobility ; Self care capacity ; Evaluation ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | The Direct Assessment of Functional Abilities (DAFA) was designed as a direct measure of instrumental activities of daily living (IADLs) that could be compared with an indirect assessment of IADLs by the Pfeffer Functional Activities Questionnaire (PFAQ). The DAFA and the PFAQ were administered to a sample of older people with dementia, informants and a control group, together with a brief cognitive battery. Persons with dementia performed significantly worse on direct assessment (DAFA) than predicted by self-report (PFAQ), and overestimation of abilities increased with severity of dementia. In contrast, informants tended to underestimate abilities of subjects with dementia, but not to a significant degree. Control subjects had comparable results with the two methods. The DAFA may provide a more objective measure of functional status in persons with dementia than do indirect methods of assessment. |
| Accession Number | CPA-980428411 A |
| Classmark | EA: C4: CA: 4C: 7T |
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