%0 Journal Article
%T Independencia en las actividades de la vida: Estudio de validaci¨®n de una escala para la poblaci¨®n portuguesa
%A Reis
%A Gorete
%A Teixeira
%A Laetitiae
%A Constan£¿a
%A Pa¨²l
%A Martins
%A Manuela
%J Gerokomos
%D 2012
%I Ediciones SPA S.L.
%R 10.4321/S1134-928X2012000200005
%X functionality has primordial importance in old people's independence; situation we wish to be as long as possible in the course of one's life. functionality is a multidimensional construct measured through personal and instrumental activities of the life (adl and iadl). the aim of this study is to validate a scale of daily life activities for the portuguese population, middle-aged and elderly (n = 1322). results of this study show us the existence of three factors, with suitable psychometric characteristics, which are: mobility, instrumental activities of daily life and personal activities of daily life, with an explained variation of 64.75%. it has a specific interest for the population living in the community.
%K functionality
%K independence
%K adl
%K ageing
%K validation study.
%U http://scielo.isciii.es/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S1134-928X2012000200005&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en