Toward the processing speed theory of activities of daily living in healthy aging: normative data of the Functional Activities Questionnaire

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Alternative codes found

RIV/00216208:11110/16:10295960 RIV/00216208:11240/16:10295960

Result on the web

<a href="http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs40520-015-0413-5" target="_blank" >http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs40520-015-0413-5</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s40520-015-0413-5" target="_blank" >10.1007/s40520-015-0413-5</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Toward the processing speed theory of activities of daily living in healthy aging: normative data of the Functional Activities Questionnaire

Original language description

Background: The aim of this study was to describe an instrumental activities of daily living (IADL) measure: Functional Activities Questionnaire (FAQ), which is often used in clinical settings as a self- or informant-based measure of IADL. However, the FAQ's relationship with age or education in healthy aging has not been investigated. Methods: FAQ and a neuropsychological battery were administered to old and very old Czech adults (n = 540). Participants met strict inclusion criteria for the absence of any active or past neurodegenerative disorders. Results: FAQ is significantly dependent on age and education, but not gender. Younger subjects and those with higher education have the lowest scores in the FAQ and show a higher degree of functional independence. FAQ moderately correlates with speed of processing, visual-perceptual and executive functions measures (Trail Making Tests, Stroop Test) and depressive symptoms, but not with episodic memory (WMS-III logical memory). We present normative percentile values for different age groups from 60 to 96 years of age. Conclusions: The present study shows conclusively that IADL measures, such as FAQ, should not be used without appropriate normative data, especially in very old adults. Thus, it has the ability to differentiate functional dependence due to age-related decline from neurodegenerative disease.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_x - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)

CEP classification

AC - Archaeology, anthropology, ethnology

OECD FORD branch

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Project

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Continuities

V - Vyzkumna aktivita podporovana z jinych verejnych zdroju

Publication year

2016

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Aging - Clinical and Experimental Research

ISSN

1594-0667

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

28

Issue of the periodical within the volume

2

Country of publishing house

IT - ITALY

Number of pages

9

Pages from-to

239-247

UT code for WoS article

000372884600009

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-84961211953