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On the Paradox of Improving Sensitivity of ADL Scales for the Detection of Behavioral Changes in Early Dementia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 January 2005

Leonard W. Poon
Leonard W. Poon
Affiliation:
University of Georgia Gerontology Center, Athens, Georgia, U.S.A.
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In the last year, there has been increased research interest in the sensitivity and applicability of activities of daily living (ADL) scales for the detection of early behavioral dysfunction and efficacies in drug trials. At the September 1993 meeting of the Sixth Congress of the International Psychogeriatric Association (IPA) in Berlin, Germany, no fewer than three symposia and 16 papers focused on the use of ADL scales. For example, a symposium chaired by Hindmarch and Erzigkeit (1993) described an international collaborative effort to improve the sensitivity of ADL scales, and a paper by Sclan, Schmidt-Gollas, and Erzigkeit (1993) addressed the following issue: “Clinical drug trials and assessment of functional changes in cognitively impaired elderly persons: Do we need another rating scale?”

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Commentary
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International Psychogeriatrics , Volume 6 , Issue 2 , September 1994 , pp. 171 - 177
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© 1994 Springer Publishing Company

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Footnotes

This commentary is developed from a paper delivered in the symposium “New Perspectives for the Assessment of ADL” at the Sixth Congress of the International Psychogeriatric Association, Berlin, Germany.