title: GREFON recommendations for assessment of instrumental activities of daily living in memory clinics.
abstract: Following a review of the available assessment scales and current practices of evaluation of instrumental activities of daily living (IADL) in French memory centres by GREFON (Groupe de réflexion sur l'évaluation fonctionnelle; Working Group on Functional Assessment), the main aim of this position paper was to provide good clinical practice (GCP) guidelines for the assessment of IADL. Another aim was to highlight the need for innovative tools adapted to the present and future evolution of such activities in real life, including the use of new technologies, the need for earlier detection of IADL impairment during the diagnostic process of mild neurocognitive disorders, and greater sensitivity to IADL changes during follow-up to allow adaptation of clinical management and evaluation of the impact of therapeutic interventions.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Regional memory Center (CMRR), CHU de Besançon, 25000 Besancon, France. Electronic address: eloi.magnin@laposte.net.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Magnin
authors.affiliation: Centre hospitalier Broca, AP-HP, 75013 Paris, France.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Hugonot-Diener
authors.affiliation: Regional memory Center (CMRR), hôpital Broca, EA 4468, université Paris Descartes, AP-HP, 75013 Paris, France.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: De Rotrou
authors.affiliation: Centre d'évaluation et de rééducation neuropschologiques de l'adulte, 75007 Paris, France.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Machado
authors.affiliation: Service de neurologie, fondation ophtalmologique Rothschild, 75019 Paris, France.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Benisty
authors.affiliation: Centre de gériatrie, groupe hospitalier Pitié-Salpêtrière-Charles-Foix, AP-HP, DHU FAST, 75013 Paris, France.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Dieudonné
authors.affiliation: Consultation mémoire, Institut des Invalides, 75007 Paris, France.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Marchal
authors.affiliation: Centre hospitalier intercommunal de Villeneuve-Saint-Georges, AP-HP, 94190 Paris, France.
authors.forename: M Laure
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Strub
authors.affiliation: Centre de gériatrie, groupe hospitalier Pitié-Salpêtrière-Charles-Foix, Pierre et Marie University, Sorbonne-Paris-Cité Universities, UMR 8256 CNRS B2A, AP-HP, DHU FAST, 47-83, boulevard de l'Hôpital, 75013 Paris, France.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Verny
mesh_terms: D000203:Activities of Daily Living / Q000523:psychology*; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D060825:Cognitive Dysfunction / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy; D005260:Female; D005602:France; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008569:Memory Disorders / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy; D008875:Middle Aged; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D011594:Psychometrics; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
keywords: Functional assessment; Good clinical practice; Guidelines; Instrumental activities of daily living; Psychometric properties