title: A better way to measure disability in older people.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Health care experts, older people and carers were asked to weight 18 personal and social activities of daily living (ADLs) with regard to the importance of being able to perform them.
  
  
  RESULTS
  All groups agreed on the order of importance but experts gave greater weight to personal ADLs. We have used these results to produce a ratio scale.
authors.affiliation: The University of Sheffield School of Health and Related Research, Community Sciences Centre, Northern General Hospital, UK.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Philp
authors.forename: G K
authors.initials: GK
authors.lastname: Armstrong
authors.forename: G G
authors.initials: GG
authors.lastname: Coyle
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Chadwick
authors.forename: A B
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Machado
mesh_terms: D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D004185:Disability Evaluation; D005260:Female; D015577:Geriatric Assessment; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged