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Table 1 Description of the usual IADL score and the C-IADL score according to the characteristics of the study population (n = 2391)

From: Proposition of a corrected measure of the Lawton instrumental activities of daily living score

 

n or mean

% or

[95%CI]

Usual IADL

p value

C-IADL

p value

Total

  

4.25

 

4.61

 

Age (mean, 95% CI)

79.89

[79.58–80.20]

 

<  0.001

 

<  0.001

Gender

   

<  0.001

 

<  0.001

 Men

917

38.35

3.49

 

4.26

 

 Women

1474

61.65

4.72

 

4.82

 

Marital status

   

<  0.001

 

<  0.001

 Single

99

4.14

5.39

 

5.47

 

 Married/in couple

1296

54.2

3.87

 

4.45

 

 Divorced/separated

205

8.57

5.17

 

5.26

 

 Widowed

742

31.03

4.49

 

4.56

 

 Unspecified

49

2.05

4.53

 

4.86

 

Educational level

   

<  0.001

 

<  0.001

 Nil

443

18.53

3.47

 

3.73

 

 Primary

836

34.96

4.11

 

4.41

 

 Secondary

787

32.92

4.61

 

4.98

 

 Tertiary

325

13.59

4.81

 

5.40

 

Lifestyle at baseline

   

<  0.001

 

<  0.001

 At home with its husband/spouse

1266

52.95

3.92

 

4.53

 

 At home with relatives

160

6.69

3.16

 

3.24

 

 At home, alone, with relatives in the neighborhood

684

28.61

4.71

 

4.79

 

 At home, alone, without relatives in the neighborhood

200

8.36

5.63

 

5.68

 

 Other lifestyle

81

3.39

4.32

 

4.36

 

MMSE score (mean, 95% CI)

20.18

[19.92–20.43]

 

<  0.001

 

<  0.001

 [0,10[

157

6.57

1.92

 

2.12

 

 [10,20[

826

34.55

3.20

 

3.49

 

 [20,26[

828

34.63

4.54

 

4.92

 

  [26,30]

580

24.26

5.97

 

6.42

 

NPI score (mean, 95% CI)

17.4

[16.76–18.04]

 

<  0.001

 

<  0.001

Diagnosis stage

   

<  0.001

 

<  0.001

 Absence of trouble

16

0.67

5.13

 

5.90

 

 Subjective cognitive complaint

691

28.9

5.45

 

5.88

 

 Mild neurocognitive disorders

700

29.28

4.98

 

5.37

 

 Major neurocognitive disorders

975

40.78

2.86

 

3.13

 

 Other cases

9

0.38

5.00

 

5.25

 

Etiology

   

<  0.001

 

<  0.001

 Etiology not yet established

1107

46.3

4.82

 

5.25

 

 Alzheimer’s disease

576

24.09

3.28

 

3.51

 

 Alzheimer’s disease with cerebrovascular component

131

5.48

2.99

 

3.31

 

 Cognitive disorders of vascular origin

198

8.28

3.38

 

3.75

 

 Lewy body disease

41

1.71

2.95

 

3.36

 

 Fronto temporal dementia

10

0.42

1.50

 

1.65

 

 Parkinson’s disease, and Parkinson’s syndroma

54

2.26

3.22

 

3.65

 

 Psychiatric disorders

132

5.52

5.81

 

6.11

 

 Other disorders

78

3.26

4.46

 

4.94

 

 No trouble

64

2.68

7.02

 

7.26

 
  1. C-IADL corrected Instrumental Activities of Daily Living score, IADL Instrumental Activities of Daily Living score, MMSE Mini-Mental Stage Examination, NPI Neuropsychiatric Inventory, ref. reference category
  2. p value from a one-way Anova