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| Clinical validity and utility of the interview for deterioration of daily living in dementia for Spanish-speaking communities | | Author(s) | Peter Böhm, Jordo Peña-Casanova, Miquel Aguilar |
| Journal title | International Psychogeriatrics, vol 10, no 3, September 1998 |
| Pages | pp 261-270 |
| Keywords | Mobility ; Self care capacity ; Evaluation ; Dementia ; Spain. |
| Annotation | The assessment of activities of daily living (ADL) is a central procedure in the diagnosis of dementia. The Interview for deterioration of Daily Living in Dementia (IDDD) may be a valuable tool for early detection of functional decline because it includes, apart from a basic ADL subscale, another subscale containing a variety of instrumental activities of daily living (IADL), which are the first to be affected in the dementing processes. This Spanish study set out to adapt and validate the IDDD for Spanish-speaking communities (S-IDDD). A total of 254 control subjects (CONT), 86 patients with mild memory/cognitive impairment with no dementia (CIND), and 111 patients diagnosed with probable dementia of the Alzheimer's type (DAT) were assessed. The scale showed significant differences between DAT versus CIND and CONT. The IADL subscale differentiated all three groups, which makes it valuable for early detection of functional decline. (AKM). |
| Accession Number | CPA-981120404 A |
| Classmark | C4: CA: 4C: EA: 76S |
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