Development of the Korean Version of Disability Assessment for Dementia Scale(DAD-K) to Assess Function in Dementia.
- Author:
Guk Hee SUH
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
DAD;
Dementia;
Function;
Reliability;
Gender;
Education;
Surveys and Questionnaires
- MeSH:
Aged;
Caregivers;
Dementia*;
Education;
Humans;
Memory;
Sexism
- From:Journal of the Korean Geriatrics Society
2003;7(4):278-287
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
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Abstract:
OBJECTIVES: To develop the Korean version of Disability Assessment for Dementia Scale(DAD-K), an instrument for functional disability for use with proxy-respondents of community-dwelling persons who have Alzheimer`s disease METHOD: Community-dwelling elderly and their caregivers with memory impairment(N=341) participated in this study to evaluate reliabilities and validities of DAD-K. RESULTS: The DAD-K demonstrated a high degree of internal consistency(Cronbach`s alpha=0.88) and excellent interrater(ICC=0.96) and test-retest(ICC=0.96) reliability and good concurrent validity. In addi- tion, it was found not to have age, education and gender bias. CONCLUSION: The DAD-K is valid and reliable instrument in Korean elderly with Alzheimer`s disease, that may help clinicians and caregivers of the population with Alzheimer`s disease make decisions regar- ding the choice of suitable interventions.
