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Assessment of motor and process skills as a measure of IADL functioning in pharmacologic studies of people with Alzheimer's disease: a pilot study
Author(s)	Frances Oakley, Trey Sunderland
Journal title	International Psychogeriatrics, vol 9, no 2, June 1997
Pages	pp 197-206
Keywords	Dementia ; Mobility ; Self care capacity ; Evaluation ; United States of America.
Annotation	The aim of this pilot study was to evaluate the usefulness of the Assessment of Motor and Process Skills (AMPS) as an outcome measure of instrumental activities of daily living (IADL) in pharmacological studies of people with Alzheimer's disease. The AMPS simultaneously measures motor and process skills and their effect on the ability of the person to perform familiar IADL tasks. The AMPS was administered to 11 Alzheimer in-patients in a 3 1/2 month drug trial. Findings indicate that there was a significant difference in IADL ability among study conditions for process skills, but not for motor skills, thereby suggesting that the AMPS is useful as a sensitive outcome measure if IADL ability in drug trials with this population. (AKM).
Accession Number	CPA-980930407 A
Classmark	EA: C4: CA: 4C: 7T
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