Gerda G. Fillenbaum
Development of an activities of daily living scale to screen for dementia in an illiterate rural older population in India
Duke University Hospital|Duke Medical Center|Duke University
develop measure activities daily living appropriate use assessing presence dementia illiterate rural elderly people indiaidentification relevant items pretesting items refinement administrative procedures scoring four successive groups 30 subjects pilot testing group 100 subjects comparable measure intended administration representative sample 387 people aged 55 older assessment reliability final measureagestratified random sample older men women rural areas ballabgarh northern indiathe original pool 35 items covering mobility instrumental personal care activities reduced 11item unidimensional scale additional item mobility added internal consistency cronbachs alpha082 perfect inter intrarater reliability testretest reliability intraclass correlation082 disability 092 unable perform mental reasons women older subjects totally illiterate subjects poorer cognitive function performed significantly poorly p 002 product brief reliable valid activities daily living measure norms appropriate use assessing dementia illiterate rural elderly people india