Functional Activities Questionnaire.
FAQ
Informant-rated instrumental activities of daily living (IADL); functional decline accompanying cognitive impairment/dementia
- Provisionally grouped under
- Length and format
- 10 items (e.g., finances, paperwork, shopping, games of skill, meal preparation, following current events, attending to a TV/book, remembering appointments, travelling out of the neighborhood). informant 0-3 dependency ratings per activity (normal 0 ... dependent 3), summed 0-30 (informant/observer report)
- Language versions
- Many incl. ES, PT-BR, ZH, FA and others; used widely in ADNI and dementia cohorts
- Licence
- public-domain / open
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- Reference
- Pfeffer RI, et al. J Gerontol. 1982;37(3):323-329.
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