Validity of the Katz Index to assess activities of daily living by informants in neuropathological studies

• Main Authors: Renata Eloah de Lucena Ferretti-Rebustini (Author), Marcos Alencar Abaide Balbinotti (Author), Wilson Jacob-Filho (Author), Flávio Rebustini (Author), Claudia Kimie Suemoto (Author), Carlos Augusto Gonçalves Pasqualucci (Author), José Marcelo Farfel (Author), Renata Elaine Paraizo Leite (Author), Lea Tenenholz Grinberg (Author), Ricardo Nitrini (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: SciELO, 2015-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract OBJECTIVE To analyze the evidences of construct validity of the Katz Index for the retrospective assessment of activities of daily living (ADL) by informants, to assist neuropathological studies in the elderly. METHOD A cross-sectional study analyzed the functional ability of ADL measure by...