Activities of Daily Living

"Activities of Daily Living" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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The performance of the basic activities of self care, such as dressing, ambulation, or eating.

Descriptor ID	D000203
MeSH Number(s)	E02.760.169.063.500.067 E02.831.067 I03.050 N02.421.784.110
Concept/Terms	Activities of Daily Living Activities of Daily Living ADL Activities, Daily Living Activity, Daily Living Daily Living Activities Daily Living Activity Living Activities, Daily Living Activity, Daily Limitation of Activity, Chronic Limitation of Activity, Chronic Chronic Limitation of Activity

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Activities of Daily Living".

Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment [E]
Therapeutics [E02]
Patient Care [E02.760]
Continuity of Patient Care [E02.760.169]
Aftercare [E02.760.169.063]
Rehabilitation [E02.760.169.063.500]
Activities of Daily Living [E02.760.169.063.500.067]
Rehabilitation [E02.831]
Activities of Daily Living [E02.831.067]
Anthropology, Education, Sociology and Social Phenomena [I]
Human Activities [I03]
Activities of Daily Living [I03.050]
Health Care [N]
Health Care Facilities, Manpower, and Services [N02]
Health Services [N02.421]
Rehabilitation [N02.421.784]
Activities of Daily Living [N02.421.784.110]

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Activities of Daily Living".

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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Activities of Daily Living" by people in this website by year, and whether "Activities of Daily Living" was a major or minor topic of these publications.

Bar chart showing 122 publications over 27 distinct years, with a maximum of 16 publications in 2008

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1992	0	2	2
1993	0	1	1
1994	0	1	1
1995	1	1	2
1996	0	2	2
1997	0	3	3
1998	2	0	2
1999	1	1	2
2000	0	1	1
2001	1	0	1
2002	0	1	1
2003	0	3	3
2004	1	6	7
2005	2	4	6
2006	3	4	7
2007	4	4	8
2008	5	11	16
2009	3	8	11
2010	5	10	15
2011	2	3	5
2012	2	5	7
2014	2	1	3
2015	1	1	2
2016	2	6	8
2017	1	3	4
2020	0	1	1
2021	0	1	1

Below are the most recent publications written about "Activities of Daily Living" by people in Profiles.

Fields B, Rodakowski J, Jewell VD, Arthanat S, Park M, Piersol CV, Schepens Niemiec SL, Womack J, Mroz TM. Unpaid Caregiving and Aging in Place in the United States: Advancing the Value of Occupational Therapy. Am J Occup Ther. 2021 Sep 01; 75(5).

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Patel K, Straudi S, Yee Sien N, Fayed N, Melvin JL, Sivan M. Applying the WHO ICF Framework to the Outcome Measures Used in the Evaluation of Long-Term Clinical Outcomes in Coronavirus Outbreaks. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2020 09 05; 17(18).

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Maurer MS, Horn E, Reyentovich A, Dickson VV, Pinney S, Goldwater D, Goldstein NE, Jimenez O, Teruya S, Goldsmith J, Helmke S, Yuzefpolskaya M, Reeves GR. Can a Left Ventricular Assist Device in Individuals with Advanced Systolic Heart Failure Improve or Reverse Frailty? J Am Geriatr Soc. 2017 Nov; 65(11):2383-2390.

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Gray-Miceli D. Impaired Mobility and Functional Decline in Older Adults: Evidence to Facilitate a Practice Change. Nurs Clin North Am. 2017 09; 52(3):469-487.

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Deemer AD, Massof RW, Rovner BW, Casten RJ, Piersol CV. Functional Outcomes of the Low Vision Depression Prevention Trial in Age-Related Macular Degeneration. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2017 Mar 01; 58(3):1514-1520.

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Ambrosy AP, Cerbin LP, DeVore AD, Greene SJ, Kraus WE, O'Connor CM, Piña IL, Whellan DJ, Wojdyla D, Wu A, Mentz RJ. Aerobic exercise training and general health status in ambulatory heart failure patients with a reduced ejection fraction-Findings from the Heart Failure and A Controlled Trial Investigating Outcomes of Exercise Training (HF-ACTION)trial. Am Heart J. 2017 Apr; 186:130-138.

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Reeves GR, Whellan DJ, Duncan P, O'Connor CM, Pastva AM, Eggebeen JD, Hewston LA, Morgan TM, Reed SD, Rejeski WJ, Mentz RJ, Rosenberg PB, Kitzman DW. Rehabilitation Therapy in Older Acute Heart Failure Patients (REHAB-HF) trial: Design and rationale. Am Heart J. 2017 Mar; 185:130-139.

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Sockolow P, Radhakrishnan K, Chou EY, Wojciechowicz C. Patient Health Goals Elicited During Home Care Admission: A Categorization. West J Nurs Res. 2017 11; 39(11):1447-1458.

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Koll T, Pergolotti M, Holmes HM, Pieters HC, van Londen GJ, Marcum ZA, MacKenzie AR, Steer CB. Supportive Care in Older Adults with Cancer: Across the Continuum. Curr Oncol Rep. 2016 Aug; 18(8):51.

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Jutkowitz E, MacLehose RF, Gaugler JE, Dowd B, Kuntz KM, Kane RL. Risk Factors Associated With Cognitive, Functional, and Behavioral Trajectories of Newly Diagnosed Dementia Patients. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci. 2017 02; 72(2):251-258.

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