TY - JOUR
T1 - Sensitivity of different ADL measures to apraxi and motor impairments
AU - Donkervoort, Mireille
AU - Dekker, Joost
AU - Deelman, Betto G.
PY - 2002
Y1 - 2002
N2 - Objective: To determine whether specifically designed activities of daily living (ADL) observations can measure disability due to apraxia with more sensitivity than the Barthel ADL Index, a conventional functional scale. Design: Cross-sectional study. Setting: Rehabilitation centres and nursing homes. Subjects: One hundred and six left hemisphere stroke patients with apraxia, hospitalized in rehabilitation centres and nursing homes. Measures: ADL observations, Barthel ADL Index, an apraxia test, Motricity Index, Functional Motor Test. Results: Multivariate analyses showed that the specific ADL observations were associated with severity of apraxia (and not with motor impairments). The Barthel ADL Index was associated with motor impairments (and not with severity of apraxia. Conclusion: The assessment of disability in stroke patients with apraxia cannot rely only on the Barthel ADL Index. In addition, the specific ADL observation procedure is needed to measure disability due to apraxia.
AB - Objective: To determine whether specifically designed activities of daily living (ADL) observations can measure disability due to apraxia with more sensitivity than the Barthel ADL Index, a conventional functional scale. Design: Cross-sectional study. Setting: Rehabilitation centres and nursing homes. Subjects: One hundred and six left hemisphere stroke patients with apraxia, hospitalized in rehabilitation centres and nursing homes. Measures: ADL observations, Barthel ADL Index, an apraxia test, Motricity Index, Functional Motor Test. Results: Multivariate analyses showed that the specific ADL observations were associated with severity of apraxia (and not with motor impairments). The Barthel ADL Index was associated with motor impairments (and not with severity of apraxia. Conclusion: The assessment of disability in stroke patients with apraxia cannot rely only on the Barthel ADL Index. In addition, the specific ADL observation procedure is needed to measure disability due to apraxia.
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U2 - https://doi.org/10.1191/0269215502cr492oa
DO - https://doi.org/10.1191/0269215502cr492oa
M3 - Article
C2 - 12017516
SN - 0269-2155
VL - 16
SP - 299
EP - 305
JO - Clinical rehabilitation
JF - Clinical rehabilitation
IS - 3
ER -