ABSTRACT

Activities of daily living (ADL) are key to daily living and adjustment. A number of ADL scales have been developed and validated to examine functional performance in the pediatric population; however, most of these scales are limited to specific groups. The purpose of this research was to test the plausibility of developing and validating a hierarchical versus additive ADL summary scale for children and youth using the interRAI Child Youth Mental Health (ChYMH) assessment system. Data from 8980 typically developing children (mean age 12.02 years) and 655 children with developmental disabilities (mean age 11.9 years) was used to develop ADL summary scales. Patterns among the data were analyzed and, unlike with adult populations, a hierarchical scale did not capture ADL performance and mastery. Two new ADL additive summary scales for children and youth were developed to measure ADL skills within this group.

摘要

日常生活活动（ADL）是日常生活和调整的关键。已经开发并验证了许多ADL量表，以检查儿科人群的功能表现。但是，这些量表中的大多数仅限于特定人群。这项研究的目的是检验使用interRAI儿童青少年心理健康（ChYMH）评估系统开发和验证针对儿童和青少年的分层ADL汇总表与加法ADL摘要量表的可行性。ADL汇总量表使用了8980名典型的发育中儿童（平均年龄12.02岁）和655名发育障碍儿童（平均年龄11.9岁）的数据。对数据中的模式进行了分析，并且与成人人群不同，等级量表未掌握ADL的表现和精通程度。