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Standard measures of executive function in predicting instrumental activities of daily living in older adults

✍ Scribed by Sandra Bell-McGinty; Kenneth Podell; Michael Franzen; Anne D. Baird; Michael J. Williams

Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
2002
Tongue
English
Weight
76 KB
Volume
17
Category
Article
ISSN
0885-6230

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✦ Synopsis

Abstract

Objective

The purpose of this study was to examine the ability of specific, commonly used neuropsychological tests of executive function to predict functional status among a group of elderly subjects.

Methods

Fifty study participants underwent a brief neuropsychological evaluation of executive functions and assessment of instrumental activities of daily living (IADL).

Results

A multiple stepwise regression analysis indicated that executive function tests accounted for 54% of the variance in functional status. An examination of the standardized regression coefficients revealed that Trail Making Test‐Part B and the Wisconsin Card Sorting Test were the only two of the five executive function tests that significantly predicted functional status. These executive function measures contributed significantly to the prediction of functional status even after statistically controlling for age, sex, and education.

Conclusion

Thus, the common clinical measures of executive function are useful in predicting functional status in older adults. Copyright Β© 2002 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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