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Assessment of Older People: Self-Maintaining and Instrumental Activities of Daily Living
M. Powell Lawton, Elaine Brody. The Gerontologist, 1969-09-01
Topic: Risk, prevention and care in population studies
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Lawton, M. P., & Brody, E. (1969). Assessment of Older People: Self-Maintaining and Instrumental Activities of Daily Living. The Gerontologist. https://doi.org/10.1093/geront/9.3_part_1.179
Vancouver
Lawton MP, Brody E. Assessment of Older People: Self-Maintaining and Instrumental Activities of Daily Living. The Gerontologist. 1969. doi:10.1093/geront/9.3_part_1.179. PMID: 5349366.
BibTeX
@article{lawton1969-5349366,
author = {Lawton, M. Powell and Brody, Elaine},
title = {{Assessment of Older People: Self-Maintaining and Instrumental Activities of Daily Living}},
journal = {The Gerontologist},
year = {1969},
doi = {10.1093/geront/9.3_part_1.179},
pmid = {5349366},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1093/geront/9.3_part_1.179}
}
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Why it matters
Concerns the assessment of older people's ability to manage self-maintaining and instrumental activities of daily living. Measuring everyday functioning matters for planning care, but it is not a treatment for Alzheimer's disease.
Study details
- Evidence strengthLow
How this study scored 53/100
Published in a peer-reviewed journal. Scored zero for study design, sample size, effect reported, studied in people and randomized / blinded because the record does not state it. We have no data on institution's track record, so that was left out: it earned 51 of the 97 points we could judge it on, which is 53 out of 100.
| Component | Points | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Journal tier | 7 / 10 | Tier 3 — peer-reviewed journal (The Gerontologist) |
| Journal's citation record | 2 / 4 | The Gerontologist: journal h-index 238 (OpenAlex, 2026-10-29) |
| Study design | 0 / 12 | No study design recorded — scores zero, not guessed (not stated in the record — scored 0) |
| Strength of evidence | 1 / 5 | Rated “low” in our summary |
| Peer-review validation | 10 / 10 | Peer-reviewed. Published as an article in a named peer-reviewed journal. |
| How recent | 1 / 5 | 1969 — older than 20 years, still counted |
| Sample size | 0 / 4 | Participant count not stated — scores zero (not stated in the record — scored 0) |
| Effect reported | 0 / 3 | No effect size reported — scores zero (not stated in the record — scored 0) |
| Studied in people | 0 / 3 | Not stated whether this was studied in people — scores zero (not stated in the record — scored 0) |
| Randomized / blinded | 0 / 2 | No randomization or blinding stated — scores zero (not stated in the record — scored 0) |
| Times cited | 7 / 7 | Cited 18,566 times (OpenAlex, 2026-10-10) |
| Citations per year | 5 / 5 | 314.7 citations a year over 59 year(s) since 1969 |
| Impact for its field and year | 4 / 6 | Cited 8.1× the average for papers of its field and year (OpenAlex FWCI) |
| Cited by studies here | 6 / 6 | Cited by 232 other studies in this library |
| Still being cited | 4 / 4 | Cited 2,518 times in 2024–2026 (2026 still in progress; OpenAlex) |
| Senior author's track record | 2 / 4 | Last-listed author Elaine Brody: h-index 25 (OpenAlex, whole career) |
| Institution's track record | — / 3 | No institution listed in OpenAlex — left out of this score |
| Multicenter collaboration | 0 / 3 | OpenAlex lists 0 institution(s) in 0 countries — scores zero (affiliation lists can be incomplete) |
| Indexed in PubMed | 2 / 2 | Indexed in PubMed (PMID 5349366) |
| Free to read | 0 / 2 | Behind a paywall — scores zero |
| Points | 51 / 97 | Scored on 19 of 20 parts. We have no data for the rest, so they are left out: 51 of the 97 points we could judge it on is 53 out of 100. |
| Total | 53 / 100 | — |
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