Validity of questions about activities of daily living to screen for dependency in older adults

• Main Authors: Monica Rebouças (Author), João Macedo Coelho-Filho (Author), Renato Peixoto Veras (Author), Maria Fernanda Lima-Costa (Author), Luiz Roberto Ramos (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Universidade de São Paulo, 2017-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE To determine the criterion validity of the activities of daily living present in functionality questionnaires in older adults for population surveys and to identify which activities are valid to quantify the real daily need for help of this population. METHODS This is a population...