R/ADLtired.R

In jeppebundsgaard/RDigram: Analysis of Items from Tests and Surveys

#' @title Physical Activities of Daily Living
#' @description Measure of functional ability of healthy elderly (Avlund et.al., 1993)
#' @docType data
#' @keywords datasets
#' @name ADLtired
#' @usage data(ADLtired)
#' @return ADLtired is an object of class digram.object.
#' @format A data frame with 734 rows and 97 variables of which 19 are used.
#' The data was collected from 734 70-year old in the County of Copenhagen, Denmark.
#' The PADL scale consisted of a total of 16 items covering three different domains.
#' \describe{
#' Mobility function
#'   \item{A:}{Are you able to walk indoors?}
#'   \item{B:}{Are you able to walk out of doors in nice weather?}
#'   \item{C:}{Are you able to walk out of doors in nice weather?}
#'   \item{D:}{Are you able to manage stairs?}
#'   \item{E:}{Are you able to get outdoors?}
#'   \item{F:}{Are you able to get up from a chair or bed?}
#' Lower limb function
#'   \item{G:}{Are you able to wash thelower part of the body?}
#'   \item{H:}{Are you able to cut your toenails?}
#'   \item{I:}{Are you able to go to the toilet yourself?}
#'   \item{J:}{Are you able to dress the lower part of the body?}
#'   \item{K:}{Are you able to take shoes/stockings on/off?}
#' Upper limb function
#'   \item{L:}{Are you able to wash the upper part of the body?}
#'   \item{M:}{Are you able to cut your fingernails?}
#'   \item{N:}{Are you able to comb your hair?}
#'   \item{O:}{Are you able to wash your hair?}
#'   \item{P:}{Are You able to dress the upper part of the body?}
#' }
#' @source The \code{ADLtired} data were obtained from
#' Avlund, K., Schultz-Larsen, K., Kreiner, S. (1993) Construct validation and the Rasch model: Functional ability of healthy elderly people. *Scand. J. Soc. Med.*, 21: 233-245.
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