Disability Assessment for Dementia Questionnaire

Definition 1

A standardized questionnaire developed by Gelinas et al in 1998, which is used to measure the changes in functional activities in patients with Alzheimer's disease. The questionnaire contains 40 items across 3 domains; basic activities of daily living, instrumental activities of daily living and leisure activities. (NCI Thesaurus)

Definition 2

Disability Assessment for Dementia (DAD) (copyright 1994 by L. Gauthier I. Gelinas. All rights reserved.). (NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

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