Instrumental Activities of Daily Living

InstrumentalActivitiesofDailyLivingInstrumentalActivitiesofDailyLiving(IADL).TheIADLisusedtoevaluatethepatient'sabilitytoperformeverytasks,involvingplanning,suchaspreparingone’sownhotmeals.Thesetaskstypicallyinvolvehigher-orderplanning,alsocalledexecutivefunctioning.Theyareimportantformaintainingindependence.Thepatient'ssubjectiveratingsarecomparedwiththoseofanInformant,whoknowsthepatientwell(IADL-I)Fillenbaum,G.G.,Smyer,M.(1987).Thedevelopment,validity,andreliabilityoftheOARSMultidimensionalFunctionalAssessmentQuestionnaire.JournalofGerontology;36,428-434.McDowell,I.,Newell,C.(1987).Measuringhealth:Aguidetoratingscalesandquestionnaires.Oxford:OxfordUniversityPress.