Evaluating Activities of Daily Living: Directions for the Future Journal Articles

abstract

• Abstract Current assessments of simple activities of daily living (ADL) and more complex, instrumental activities of daily living (ADL) could be improved. These assessments are criticized because there are so many different tests for various diagnostic populations, because they rely on self-report rather than observation, because they are based on such varied conceptual frameworks, because they are often cumbersome and lengthy to administer, and because they often rely on outdated or specific cultural perspectives. Improvement of ADL and IADL assessment lies in making them more contextual and client specific, (i.e., by addressing clients’ needs in real-life contexts that consider roles, culture, varying environments, and developmental stage).

authors

• Law, Mary Catherine

status

• published 

publication date

• March 1, 1993

has subject area

• 1103 Clinical Sciences (FoR)
• 1117 Public Health and Health Services (FoR)
• Activities of Daily Living (MeSH)
• Humans (MeSH)
• Occupational Therapy (MeSH)
• Rehabilitation (Science Metrix)
• Task Performance and Analysis (MeSH)

published in

• American Journal of Occupational Therapy  Journal

keywords

• Activities of Daily Living
• Humans
• Occupational Therapy
• Task Performance and Analysis

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.5014/ajot.47.3.233

PubMed ID

• 8456923

start page

• 233

end page

• 237

volume

• 47

issue

• 3