scholarly journals A Novel Tool to Assess Basic Activities of Daily Living in Spanish Preschoolers

Children ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (6) ◽  
pp. 496
Author(s):  
Sabina Barrios-Fernandez ◽  
Margarita Gozalo ◽  
Andres Garcia-Gomez ◽  
Jorge Carlos-Vivas ◽  
Dulce Romero-Ayuso
Keyword(s):  
Activities Of Daily Living ◽  
Cognitive Skills ◽  
Daily Living ◽  
Personal Hygiene ◽  
Factorial Structure ◽  
Validity And Reliability ◽  
Environmental Aspects ◽  
Early Care ◽  
Core Executive ◽  
Oral Sensitivity

Background: Basic activities of daily living (BADLs) are those related to self-care. Their performance depends on the development of sensorimotor and cognitive skills, as well as social and environmental aspects. A good performance in BADLs is required for independence and social participation, so they play an important role in early education and early care. We aim to create a tool for BADLs assessment for Spanish preschoolers. Methods: The tool was administered to 303 participants (48.5% boys and 51.5% girls) between three and six years of age. Analyses to find out the factorial structure and internal consistency was carried out. Results: The instrument was composed of 84 items in four scales (eating, personal hygiene, dressing, and daily functioning) with nine factors (oral sensitivity, good manners, manual dexterity, brushing teeth, toilet management, hygiene and grooming, dressing, higher-order and core executive function). Reliability values were from acceptable to preferred (0.74–0.94). Conclusions: The instrument could be useful and shows preliminary good indicators in construct validity and reliability.

scholarly journals A New Assessment for Activities of Daily Living in Spanish Schoolchildren: A Preliminary Study of its Psychometric Properties

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (8) ◽  
pp. 2673 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sabina Barrios-Fernández ◽  
Margarita Gozalo ◽  
Andrés García-Gómez ◽  
Dulce Romero-Ayuso ◽  
Miguel Ángel Hernández-Mocholí
Keyword(s):  
Activities Of Daily Living ◽  
Cognitive Skills ◽  
Daily Living ◽  
Self Regulation ◽  
Personal Hygiene ◽  
Reliable Instrument ◽  
General Functioning ◽  
Preliminary Study ◽  
Oral Sensitivity ◽  
Age Range

Background: Activities of daily living (ADL), which are divided into basic (BADL) and instrumental (IADL), allows us to survive and to live in the society. Cognitive skills are a key aspect in BADL outcomes. After reviewing existing BADL tools for Spanish schoolchildren, issues such as not covering the full age range or not having a BADL-centred vision were found. We aim to develop a new tool for BADL assessment in Spanish schoolchildren. Methods: The new tool was administered to 375 participants (47.2% boys and 52.8% girls) from 6 to 12 years of age. Analyses were carried out to find out the structure (semiconfirmatory factor analysis) and internal consistency (ordinal alpha) of BADL. Results: Four scales formed the instrument (Eating, Personal Hygiene, Getting Dressed, and General Functioning) with an interpretable solution of 12 factors (Manual Dexterity, Proprioception, Oral Sensitivity, Good Manners, Hygiene and Grooming, Toileting Needs Communication, Bladder and Bowel Control, Showering, Independent Dressing Tasks, Full Dressing, Executive Functions, and Self-Regulation) with 84 items + 6 qualitative items for girls. The reliability values obtained were acceptable (.70–.88). Conclusions: The tool seems to be a practical and reliable instrument to assess BADL and cognitive skills during BADL in Spanish schoolchildren.

scholarly journals Evaluation of Recovery of Activities of Daily Living in Patients with Sequelae from Cerebral Vascular Disease

2013 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 125-130
Author(s):  
Danelina E. Vacheva ◽  
Verjinia K. Simeonova ◽  
Boyko St. Stamenov
Keyword(s):  
Activities Of Daily Living ◽  
Cerebrovascular Disease ◽  
Daily Living ◽  
Personal Hygiene ◽  
Rank Test ◽  
Self Assessment ◽  
Cerebral Vascular Disease ◽  
Before And After ◽  
The Right

Summary Bulgaria ranks first in the world in incidence, morbidity and death associated with cerebrovascular disease. The aim of the study was to investigate, follow-up and register recovery of activities of daily living (using the toilet and maintaining personal hygiene) in patients with sequelae from cerebrovascular disease in a subacute stage, who underwent physiotherapy and rehabilitation. Sixty-one patients were included and followed up. They were given tailored physiotherapy and rehabilitation. This included kinesitherapy, occupational therapy and electrotherapy. All the patients filled in self-assessment questionnaires before and after the rehabilitation course. Major parameters were assessed, irrespective of the limb affected -dominant or non-dominant. Results were analyzed using the Wilcoxon rank test. At the end of the rehabilitation course, the Wilcoxon curves were driven to the right, confirming improvement concerning independence, irrespective of involvement of dominant or non-dominant limb.

scholarly journals Awareness of cognitive abilities in the execution of activities of daily living after acquired brain injury: an evaluation protocol

BMJ Open ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (10) ◽  
pp. e037542
Author(s):  
Jose Antonio Merchán-Baeza ◽  
Maria Rodriguez-Bailon ◽  
Giorgia Ricchetti ◽  
Alba Navarro-Egido ◽  
María Jesús Funes
Keyword(s):  
Brain Injury ◽  
Activities Of Daily Living ◽  
Cognitive Abilities ◽  
Cognitive Skills ◽  
Daily Living ◽  
Convergent Validity ◽  
Acquired Brain Injury ◽  
Scientific Publication ◽  
Assessment Protocol ◽  
Registration Number

IntroductionOne of the main limitations that can be observed after acquired brain injury (ABI) is the alteration of the awareness of the deficits that can occur in the cognitive skills necessary for performing activities of daily living (ADL). According to the Dynamic Comprehensive Model of Awareness (DCMA), consciousness is composed of offline component, which contains the information stored about characteristics of the tasks and stable beliefs about one’s own capabilities and online awareness, which is activated in the context of the performance of a specific task. The main objective of this project was to generate and validate a detailed cognitive assessment protocol within the context of ADL to evaluate the components of DCMA.Methods and analysisThe proposed protocol consists of two ecological tools: The Cog-Awareness ADL Scale to measure offline component and the Awareness ADL-task: Basic and Instrumental ADL performance-based test to measure online awareness. The aim is to identify the presence of cognitive deficits and anosognosia in patients with ABI within the context of everyday life activities. These two measures will be administered to a group of patients with ABI. In addition, these participants will complete another series of classic tests on anosognosia and cognitive functions in order to find the convergent validity of the two tests proposed in this protocol. The external validity of the Cog-Awareness ADL Scale and the relationships between awareness components within the same ADL domain will be also analysed.Ethics and disseminationThis study was approved by the Ethics Committee of Biomedical Research of Andalusia, on 13 January /2017 (Proceeding 1/2017). All participants are required to provide written informed consent. The findings from this will be disseminated via scientific publication.Trial registration numberNCT03712839.

A Study on the Factor Structure, Construct Validity and Reliability of the Activities of Daily Living of Iranian Children (ADLIC) Scale

2021 ◽  
Vol In Press (In Press) ◽  
Author(s):  
Hossein Soltaninejad ◽  
Mehdi Alizadeh Zarei ◽  
Malahat Akbarfahimi ◽  
Akram Azad ◽  
Negar Miri Lavasani
Keyword(s):  
Construct Validity ◽  
Activities Of Daily Living ◽  
Factor Structure ◽  
Internal Consistency ◽  
Daily Living ◽  
Convergent Validity ◽  
Temporal Stability ◽  
Acquisition Time ◽  
Validity And Reliability ◽  
Iranian Children

Background: The first and most basic area of occupational performance is the activities of daily living. These activities of life highly depend on the contextual and ecological (environmental) factors. Cultural values, parental expectations, social routines, and physical environment influence acquisition time of a child’s daily activities. At present, there is no comprehensive and adapted-culturally tool to evaluate the daily life activities of Iranian children aged 3 - 6 years. Objectives: This study aimed to investigate the factor structure, construct validity, and reliability of the Activities of Daily Living in Iranian Children (ADLIC) scale. Methods: The participants were 470 Iranian parents of children among the ages from 3 to 6. Exploratory factor analysis, internal consistency, and test-retest reliability were conducted for data analysis. Convergent validity was measured by correlation to the Pediatric Evaluation of Disability Inventory (PEDI). Results: The results indicated that ADLIC has excellent reliability due to internal consistency (Cronbach’s alpha 0.96). Furthermore, the temporal stability of ADLIC was supported using the Intra-class correlations coefficient, which ranged between 0.95 and 0.98. Convergent validity between the ADLIC and two subscales of PEDI, including self-care (0.88) and mobility (0.80), was good. The ADLIC scale showed a clear factor structure with five main components and ten factors based on the findings. Conclusions: ADLIC has excellent psychometric properties, including internal consistency and temporal stability, and can be used as a reliable and valid measure to assess the daily living activities of children aged 3 - 6 years.

A Critical Evaluation of the Barthel Index, Part 2

1992 ◽  
Vol 55 (4) ◽  
pp. 153-156 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carolyn Murdock
Keyword(s):  
Clinical Practice ◽  
Activities Of Daily Living ◽  
Barthel Index ◽  
Daily Living ◽  
Critical Evaluation ◽  
Occupational Therapist ◽  
Validity And Reliability

This is the second of two articles providing a critical evaluation of the Barthel Index as a measure of activities of daily living. Part 2 reviews evidence of the test's standardisation, validity and reliability. It also discusses the usefulness of the test for an occupational therapist in clinical practice and stresses the need for standardised assessment within the profession.

scholarly journals Development, Validity and Reliability of the Londrina Activities of Daily Living Protocol for Subjects With COPD

2017 ◽  
Vol 62 (3) ◽  
pp. 288-297 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thaís Sant'Anna ◽  
Leila Donária ◽  
Karina C Furlanetto ◽  
Fernanda Morakami ◽  
Antenor Rodrigues ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Activities Of Daily Living ◽  
Daily Living ◽  
Validity And Reliability
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