Although there is tremendous variability in the terminology used to describe functional
outcomes, two recent conceptual schemes may help link disability research across …

Objectives To assess the prevalence of and risk factors for urinary (UI) and fecal (FI)
incontinence in adults in long-term care (LTC) settings and in the community, the …

This article describes the development and validation of an instrument to assess cognitively
mediated functional abilities in older adults, Everyday Cognition (ECog). The ECog is an …

Measures of functional disability typically contain items that reflect limitations in performing
activities of daily living (ADLs) or instrumental activities of daily living (IADLs). Combining …

OBJECTIVES: The purpose of this study was to prospectively assess the independent effect
of hip fracture on mortalìty, hospitalization, and functional status. METHODS: Among 7527 …

Background. Efforts to evaluate the effectiveness of clinical and community-based
interventions designed to impact late-life disability have been hindered significantly by …

This article builds on earlier conceptualizations of the structure of health status to propose a
more complex, multiequation model that examines the interrelationships among its various …

Objective To investigate financial capacity in patients with Alzheimer disease (AD) using a
new theoretical model and prototype psychometric instrument. Design Cross-sectional …

Focuses on the construction of a model of everyday competence, differentiating between a
basic level of competence (BLC), defined mainly by self-care related activities, and an …

We investigated cross-sectional as well as longitudinal associations between performance-
based measures of functional status and self-reported measures of functional status. In the …