title: The performance test of activities of daily living.
abstract: A structured-performance test requiring patients to demonstrate selected activities of daily living was designed to objectively measure the self-care capacity of geriatric psychiatric patients. The background, rational, usefulness, and specific administration and scoring procedures are presented. The test is simple to administer and promises to be a useful diagnostic and prognostic tool.
mesh_terms: D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D000368:Aged; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008131:London; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D009519:New York City