A Nurse Completes a Functional Status Assessment of an Older

question 4

Multiple Choice

A nurse completes a functional status assessment of an older person using the Lawton IADL instrument, a self-reported instrument. The nurse knows that limitations of self-reported measures include that: (Select all that apply.)

• A) individuals tend to overestimate their functional ability.
• B) self-reports often differ from that of proxy reports.
• C) self-reports are not indicative of small changes in function.
• D) self-reports do not provide a valid measurement of function.
• E) older adults are not able to complete self-reported measurements.

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