title: Performance of activities of daily living among hospitalized cancer patients.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Many cancer patients report unmet rehabilitation needs. Rehabilitation may include activities of daily living (ADL) tasks, but little is known about how cancer patients perform these tasks and how they prioritize their daily activities. Hence, this study aims to identify and characterize ADL task performance problems among a group of adult disabled hospitalized cancer patients using interview and questionnaire data.
  
  
  METHODS
  Cross-sectional study on prevalence of ADL task performance problems experienced by disabled hospitalized cancer patients using the Activities of Daily Living Questionnaire (ADL-Q) (n = 118) and the Canadian Occupational Performance Measure (COPM) (n = 55).
  
  
  RESULTS
  All 118 patients reported problems with ADL task performance. Based on the ADL-Q patients reported more problems within instrumental (I-)ADL than personal (P-)ADL. In both I-ADL and P-ADL the results differed between women and men. There was significant overlap between problems identified using the COPM and the ADL-Q instruments. RESULTS from the COPM showed that 65% of problems were related to self-care, 25% to leisure, and 19% to productivity. Using both instruments identified more ADL problems than when using only one of the instruments.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Adult hospitalized disabled cancer patients experience a high degree and variation in difficulties performing ADL, illustrating the need for a comprehensively planned assessment of problems and needs.
authors.affiliation: Research Unit of General Practice, Institute of Public Health, University of Southern Denmark , Odense , Denmark.
authors.forename: Line
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Lindahl-Jacobsen
authors.forename: Dorte Gilså
authors.initials: DG
authors.lastname: Hansen
authors.forename: Eva Ejlersen
authors.initials: EE
authors.lastname: Wæhrens
authors.forename: Karen
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: la Cour
authors.forename: Jens
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Søndergaard
mesh_terms: D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D006233:Persons with Disabilities / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D005260:Female; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D007899:Leisure Activities; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D012648:Self Care; D012737:Sex Factors; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013647:Task Performance and Analysis
keywords: ADL performance problems; disabled cancer patients; questionnaire and interview data