Use of the 'extended activities of daily living scale' with depressed stroke patients.
The 'extended activities of daily living scale' was given to 44 depressed stroke patients. All were more than 1 year after stroke. The completed forms were then Guttman scaled to find whether the ranking of the items was valid in this group of patients. The items were not passed in the order expected from the ranking. The results therefore suggest that all items should be assessed when using this scale with depressed stroke patients.
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Stroke Research Unit, General Hospital, Nottingham, Great Britain.
D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D000368:Aged; D002561:Cerebrovascular Disorders / Q000523:psychology / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged