The Performance Test of Activities of Daily Living
The International Journal of Aging and Human DevelopmentPublished 1 January 1976Open access
Judy Kuriansky, Barry J. Gurland
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Abstract
A structured-performance test requiring patients to demonstrate selected activities of daily living was designed to objectively measure the self-care capacity of geriatric psychiatric patients. The background, rational, usefulness, and specific administration and scoring procedures are presented. The test is simple to administer and promises to be a useful diagnostic and prognostic tool.
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