title: Relation of cognitive functioning to daily living skills in a geriatric population.
abstract: A modified version of the Community Competence Scale was administered along with the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale--Revised (WAIS--R) to 40 geriatric patients with suspected dementia. Scores on the Competence Scale, a measure of functional daily living skills, were correlated .72 with Full Scale IQs and .77 with Verbal IQs and moderately correlated (.55) with Performance IQs. A number of significant correlations were found between WAIS--R subtests and subscales of the competence instrument. Means and standard deviations for the 10 Competence subscale and total scores are presented.
authors.forename: H R
authors.initials: HR
authors.lastname: Searight
authors.forename: E J
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Dunn
authors.forename: J T
authors.initials: JT
authors.lastname: Grisso
authors.forename: R B
authors.initials: RB
authors.lastname: Margolis
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Gibbons
mesh_terms: D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D000368:Aged; D003704:Dementia / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011581:Psychological Tests; D011594:Psychometrics; D014888:Wechsler Scales