Daily Activities Project Version 1
Research type
Research Study
Full title
Cultural Validation of the Amsterdam IADL Questionnaire
IRAS ID
181785
Contact name
Gemma Stringer
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
University of Manchester
Duration of Study in the UK
0 years, 6 months, 3 days
Research summary
Despite the clinical relevance of functional capacity in the diagnosis of dementia, the accurate classification of patients and the interpretation of the clinical significance of medications that affect cognition, function has remained relatively underdeveloped. The general clinician or researcher is left with little guidance on how to assess functional capacity.
Several options exist for assessing functional capacity, including performance-based tasks and questionnaires or interviews with the patient and/or informant. However each approach has advantages and disadvantages and different methods produce varying estimates of functional independence (Gold, 2012). Improved methods of assessing and measuring functional capacity are required in order to support clinicians to make clear and informed judgements relating to an individual’s functional independence.
The Amsterdam IADL scale was developed with an aim to overcome the limited usefulness of existing scales for early-onset patients and to provide a more up to date overview of the IADL used in a technologically advancing society. Validation of a questionnaire is an on-going process. The Amsterdam IADL scale should be validated in other clinical populations and populations with different cultural backgrounds to confirm its usefulness.
The current project aims to complete an English validation of the Amsterdam IADL scale. In the first stage (sub-study one) the applicability of the activities and the format and clarity of the scale will be reviewed by clinicians, caregivers and self-report participants (people experiencing mild memory concerns or problems). This information will be used to develop an adapted version of the applicability questionnaire, which will then be distributed to 50 participants to establish the applicability of the activities in the UK (sub-study two). Using the information gained from this process a self-report and informant report version of the scale will be developed.
REC name
North West - Preston Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
15/NW/0642
Date of REC Opinion
7 Oct 2015
REC opinion
Further Information Favourable Opinion