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Analysis of the Lawton and Brody instrumental activities of daily living assessment instrument

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  • Karla Hernández P. Universidad Santo Tomás
  • Vivian Neumann C. Universidad Santo Tomás
Vol. 16 No. 2 (2016): Diciembre
https://doi.org/10.5354/0719-5346.2016.44751

Abstract

Analysis of the Lawton and Brody instrumental activities of daily living assessment instrument.The aim was to analyze the Lawton and Brody index (LBI), to determine if factors such as gender, previous performance and socio-economic level affect the conclusions related to the IADL dependency.The methodology is analytic, exploratory and cross-sectional. An opinion survey about IADL was applied to 22 OTs belonging to public services in Valparaíso, Viña del Mar, Concón and Quilpué. The LBI plus a 36-question complementary questionnaire were applied to Rehabilitation Community Center in Miraflores, Luis Krebs Neuro-rehabilitation Institute and Comprehensive Rehabilitation Center. Besides, the OTs filled in a survey about his views on the users’ abilities to perform IADL in order to establish meaningful differences between both.Results: The results show that occupational therapists don’t agree with the instrument features. In the results application, the LBI allows to identify the dependency level in IADL in the assessed items. It was shown that the gender factor is not decisive in dependency, however, the socio-economic factor is decisive; the level of previous performance has a positive correlation with the people’s current performance. Conclusions: The OT’s perception shows disagreement with the BLI. The results of the application of LBI and the contrast with the OTs opinion allows to confirm that the instrument actually fulfills the objective for which it was designed, pointing out that gender is not a decisive factor in IADL while socio-economic factor is considered relevant in its application.

Keywords:

occupational therapy, Lawton and Brody index, instrumental activities of daily living, dependency

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Hernández P., K., & Neumann C., V. (2016). Analysis of the Lawton and Brody instrumental activities of daily living assessment instrument. Revista Chilena De Terapia Ocupacional, 16(2), 55–62. https://doi.org/10.5354/0719-5346.2016.44751
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Revista Chilena de Terapia Ocupacional
Facultad de Medicina
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