RT Journal Article
T1 Activities of Daily Living and Categorization Skills of Elderly with Cognitive Deficit: A Preliminary Study.
A1 Romero-Ayuso, Dulce
A1 Cuerda, Cristian
A1 Morales, Carmen
A1 Tesoriero, Ricardo
A1 Triviño-Juárez, José Matías
A1 Segura-Fragoso, Antonio
A1 Gallud, José A
K1 activities of daily living
K1 cognition
K1 cognitive impairment
K1 health information technology
K1 occupational therapy
AB Cognitive dysfunction affects the performance of Activities of Daily Living (ADL) and the quality of life of people with these deficits and their caregivers. To the knowledge of the authors, to date, there are few studies that focus on knowing the relationship between personal autonomy and deductive reasoning and/or categorization skills, which are necessary for the performance of the ADL. The aim of this study was to explore the relationships between ADL and categorization skills in older people. The study included 51 participants: 31 patients with cognitive impairment and 20 without cognitive impairment. Two tests were administered to assess cognitive functions: (1) the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA); and (2) the digital version of Riska Object Classification test (ROC-d). In addition, the Routine Tasks Inventory-2 (RTI-2) was applied to determine the level of independence in activities of daily living. People with cognitive impairment performed poorly in categorization tasks with unstructured information (p = 0.006). Also, the results found a high correlation between cognitive functioning and the performance of ADLs (Physical ADL: r = 0.798; p
SN 2076-3425
YR 2021
FD 2021-02-10
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10668/17168
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10668/17168
LA en
DS RISalud
RD Apr 19, 2025