Lawton-Brody Instrumental ADL Scale
The Lawton-Brody Instrumental Activities of Daily Living (IADL) Scale, developed by M. Powell Lawton and Elaine M. Brody in 1969, measures the capacity to perform complex, higher-order self-care and household tasks necessary for independent community living. The scale assesses eight domains (for women) or five domains (for men): telephone use, shopping, food preparation, housekeeping, laundry, transportation, medication management, and financial management. It complements basic ADL assessment (measured by the Katz Index) and is essential for comprehensive geriatric evaluation.
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- Lawton, M. P., & Brody, E. M. (1969). Assessment of older people: Self-maintaining and instrumental activities of daily living. Gerontologist, 9(3), 179-186. · DOI 10.1093/geront/9.3_part_1.179
- Lawton, M. P. (1988). Scales to measure competence in basic and instrumental ADL. Psychopharmacol Bull, 24(4), 615-623. · URL
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