Not daily, sometimes not ever - mixed methods exploration of the contemporary relevance of tasks contained in extended activities of daily living scales.

Background: Assessment of functional status is an integral part of older adult healthcare and research. Therefore, it is essential that tools to capture function are contextually appropriate. Many tools designed to evaluate extended Activities of Daily Living (eADLs) were developed decades ago.

An assessment of the content and properties of extended and instrumental activities of daily living scales: a systematic review.

Purpose: We performed a systematic review to assess the psychometric properties of extended Activities of Daily Living (eADL) scales.

Materials And Methods: Articles assessing eADL scales' properties were retrieved by searching multidisciplinary databases, and reference screening. Data on the following properties were extracted: validity, reliability, responsiveness, and internal consistency.