@article{ref1,
title="Assessing Self-Efficacy for Safe and Independent Living: A Cross-Sectional Study in Vulnerable Older Adults",
journal="Journal of applied gerontology",
year="2011",
author="Burnett, Jason and Cully, Jeffrey A. and Achenbaum, W. Andrew and Dyer, Carmel Bitondo and Naik, Aanand D.",
volume="30",
number="3",
pages="390-402",
abstract="In older adults, impaired performance in instrumental activities of daily living (ADL) is associated with vulnerability to harm and diminished capability for safe and independent living. Self-reported measures, despite their limitations, are increasingly used to identify vulnerability in community-living older adults and may not provide accurate evidence of an older adults ability to live safely an independently. A cross-sectional study of 100 older adults with adult protective service substanitated self-neglecting behavior(s), and 100 matched community-living comparisons was conducted to evalaute the association between ADL self-efficacy (ADL-SE) and performance on standardized testing. The Kohlman Evaluation of Living Skills (KELS) and a validated self-report measure of efficacy to perform activities of daily living (ADL) are used. In older adults whose vulnerability presents as self-neglecting behaviors, ADL-SE may not be associated with ADL performance on standardized testing but may still reflect their performance of routine ADL tasks needed for safe and independent living.<p />",
language="",
issn="0733-4648",
doi="10.1177/0733464810362898",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0733464810362898"
}