Executive control function: a clinically practical assessment.
Intact executive control function is emerging as a determinant of functional status and independent living. Multiple causes of impaired executive control function including subclinical impairments exist. Integration of bedside executive control function assessment into routine nursing assessment and documentation provides a quantitative measure of an individual's ability to provide self-care.
Barrington
Lisa
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University Medical Center, Lubbock, Texas 79415, USA.
Yoder-Wise
Patricia S
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D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D000368:Aged; D002983:Clinical Competence; D003071:Cognition; D003072:Cognition Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000523:psychology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005625:Frontal Lobe / Q000502:physiology; D015577:Geriatric Assessment / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008403:Mass Screening / Q000379:methods; D016743:Mental Competency / Q000523:psychology; D008609:Mental Status Schedule; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D009730:Nursing Assessment / Q000379:methods*