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Patterns of loss of abilities in instrumental activities of daily living in Alzheimer's disease: the REAL cohort study.
BACKGROUND/AIMS: To determine patterns of loss of abilities in instrumental activities of daily living (IADL) in community-dwelling women with Alzheimer's disease (AD).
METHODS: Sixteen French university hospitals included 471 consecutive women with mild to moderately severe AD (Mini-Mental State Examination scores between 10 and 26) from April 2000 to June 2002 in the noninterventional REAL cohort. At inclusion, 6 and 12 months, IADL were assessed with the Lawton scale. Patterns of loss of abilities in the 8 IADL of the Lawton scale were described using Lawton binary grading.
RESULTS: At inclusion, 56.7% of the patients shared the same pattern of loss of abilities and 84.3% had this pattern or variants of it. Frequencies of the 8 incapacities were: 80.7% to do the grocery shopping, 76.0% to take medication, 72.2% to prepare meals, 41.4% to travel on public transportation even when assisted, 40.6% to manage purchases, 30.1% to launder small items, 14.2% to participate in some housekeeping tasks and 11.0% to answer the telephone.
CONCLUSION: In this study including 471 community-dwelling women with AD of the French REAL cohort, the loss of the 8 IADL, assessed with the Lawton binary grading, was homogeneous for more than four fifths of the patients.
METHODS: Sixteen French university hospitals included 471 consecutive women with mild to moderately severe AD (Mini-Mental State Examination scores between 10 and 26) from April 2000 to June 2002 in the noninterventional REAL cohort. At inclusion, 6 and 12 months, IADL were assessed with the Lawton scale. Patterns of loss of abilities in the 8 IADL of the Lawton scale were described using Lawton binary grading.
RESULTS: At inclusion, 56.7% of the patients shared the same pattern of loss of abilities and 84.3% had this pattern or variants of it. Frequencies of the 8 incapacities were: 80.7% to do the grocery shopping, 76.0% to take medication, 72.2% to prepare meals, 41.4% to travel on public transportation even when assisted, 40.6% to manage purchases, 30.1% to launder small items, 14.2% to participate in some housekeeping tasks and 11.0% to answer the telephone.
CONCLUSION: In this study including 471 community-dwelling women with AD of the French REAL cohort, the loss of the 8 IADL, assessed with the Lawton binary grading, was homogeneous for more than four fifths of the patients.
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