Am J Alzheimers Dis Other Demen. 2022 Jan-Dec;37:15333175221104354. doi: 10.1177/15333175221104354.
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND: The Alzheimer's Disease Cooperative Study-Activities of Daily Living (ADCS-ADL) scale is a versatile functional assessment tool for patients with Alzheimer's disease (ad). We evaluated its performance in controls, Peruvians with MCI or AD.
METHODS: A cross-sectional study of older adults attending a neurology institute in Lima (Peru) with mild cognitive impairment (MCI), ad or cognitively healthy. Test-retest reliability (intraclass correlation coefficient, ICC; internal consistency, Cronbach's alpha) and validity were assessed.
RESULTS: We enrolled 276 individuals (ad: 113, MCI: 68, controls: 95) with no age, sex, educational level, and depressive symptom differences. Reliability was ideal (ICC: .996), and Cronbach's alpha was adequate (.937). The ADCS-ADL could not differentiate MCI from controls but did differentiate ad severity. The ADCS-ADL correlated highly with nearly all tools.
CONCLUSIONS: The ADCS-ADL scale is reliable in a population with ad in Lima, Peru. Future work may validate a tool for Peruvians with lower educational levels.
PMID:35656899 | DOI:10.1177/15333175221104354
Authors
Maritza Pintado-Caipa, MD
Neurologist
