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

BMC Geriatrics

Table 2 Description of answers in IADL item according to gender

	Total		Men		Women
	n = 2391	%	n = 917	%	n = 1474	%
Number of answers “has never carried out … “
0	1509	63.11	286	31.19	1223	82.97
At least 1 activity	882	36.88	631	68.81	251	17.03
Detailed answers by item of IADL^a
Has never used phone	10	0.42	7	0.76	3	0.2
Has never taken his/her medicine	48	2.01	24	2.62	24	1.63
Has never handle his/her finance	400	16.73	178	19.41	222	15.06
Has never done laundry	572	23.92	563	61.4	9	0.61
Has never done shopping	70	2.93	66	7.2	4	0.27
Has never prepared meals	309	12.92	304	33.15	5	0.34
Has never done housekeeping	240	10.04	237	25.85	3	0.2

^a note that the item transportation is not included as everyobody has used it once

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