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ArticleArchives of clinical neuropsychology : the official journal of the National Academy of Neuropsychologists2025

Cutoffs of the Instrumental Activities of Daily Living-Compensation (IADL-C) Scale for Identification of Functional Limitations Consistent With Mild Cognitive Impairment and Dementia.

Samina Rahman, Shenghai Dai, David J Libon, Ellen Woo, Maureen Schmitter-Edgecombe

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Samina RahmanDepartment of Psychology, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, USA.ORCID 0009-0002-2580-4964
Shenghai DaiDepartment of Kinesiology and Educational Psychology, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-7829-0621
David J LibonDepartment of Geriatrics and Gerontology, New Jersey Institute for Successful Aging, Rowan University-School of Osteopathic Medicine, Stratford, NJ, USA.
Ellen WooDepartment of Psychology, California State University Fresno, Fresno, CA, USA.
Maureen Schmitter-EdgecombeDepartment of Psychology, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-5304-2146

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Creating adaptive, wearable technologies to assess and intervene for individuals with ADRDsR35AG071451 · NIA · WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY · PI COOK, DIANE JOYCE, SCHMITTER-EDGECOMBE, MAUREEN · 2021 to 2025
$4.4M
Smart Technologies for Health Assessment and AssistanceR01EB009675 · NIBIB · WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY · PI COOK, DIANE JOYCE, SCHMITTER-EDGECOMBE, MAUREEN · 2010 to 2017
$2.6M
Smart environment technology for longitudinal behavior analysis and interventionR01EB015853 · NIBIB · WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY · PI COOK, DIANE JOYCE, SCHMITTER-EDGECOMBE, MAUREEN · 2012 to 2015
$1.5M
Alzheimer's Association NPSASA-10-173354NIA NIH HHS R35 AG071451NIBIB NIH HHS R01 EB009675NIBIB NIH HHS R01 EB015853Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health AffairsPeer Reviewed Alzheimer's Research Program AZ150096Peer Reviewed Alzheimer's Research Program W81XWH-16-1-0709
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Abstract

objectiveUnderstanding how well older individuals with suspected cognitive impairment are functioning within the real-world environment can have important implications for diagnosis and treatment. To evaluate whether an individual is experiencing functional limitations suggesting the presence of mild cognitive impairment (MCI) or dementia, we establish diagnostic cutoff scores for the informant version of the Instrumental Activities of Daily Living-Compensation (IADL-C) scale.

methodInformants of research (n = 488) and clinical (n = 119) samples of participants designated as healthy older controls, MCI, or dementia completed the IADL-C. Receiver operating characteristic curve analyses and diagnostic statistics were used to determine optimal cutoffs on the IADL-C for both the 27-item IADL-C and an 11-item short form created using item-level analysis.

resultsThe optimal cutoff scores that maximized the Youden Index for the research sample long-form were 1.41 in distinguishing cognitively healthy versus MCI participants, and 3.60 in distinguishing dementia from MCI participants, favoring specificity for the clinical sample, the optimal cutoffs were 1.32 and 3.06, yielding higher sensitivity.

conclusionsThese cutoff scores, when used as a screening measure or combined with other clinical and cognitive measures, may be useful for understanding whether an individual may be experiencing functional difficulties in everyday life consistent with a diagnosis of MCI or dementia.

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Activities of Daily LivingCognitive DysfunctionDementiaNeuropsychological TestsAgedAged, 80 and overFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedROC CurveSensitivity and SpecificityActivities of daily living (ADL)DementiaDiagnostic classificationFunctional statusInstrumental activities of daily living (IADL)Mild cognitive impairment (MCI)

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