Complex activities of daily living in mild cognitive impairment: conceptual and diagnostic issues

• Published in: Age and ageing Vol. 35; no. 3; pp. 240 - 245
• Main Authors: Perneczky, Robert, Pohl, Corina, Sorg, Christian, Hartmann, Julia, Komossa, Katja, Alexopoulos, Panagiotis, Wagenpfeil, Stefan, Kurz, Alexander
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Oxford University Press 01.05.2006; Oxford Publishing Limited (England)
• Subjects: Activities of daily living; Activities of Daily Living - psychology; Aged; Alzheimer's disease; Alzheimers disease; Cognition & reasoning; Cognition disorders; Cognition Disorders - diagnosis; Cognition Disorders - psychology; Cognitive disorders; Criteria; Cross-Sectional Studies; Dementia; Diagnosis; Elderly; Elderly people; Female; Geriatric Assessment; Humans; Logistic Models; Male; Medical diagnosis; Middle Aged; Mild cognitive disorders; mild cognitive impairment; Older people; Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; United States

Background: the impact of cognitive impairment on activities of daily living (ADL) is being used as a major criterion for differentiating between mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and dementia. The concept of an ADL threshold that separates MCI from dementia, however, appears to be improbable for seve...