Urdu Translation and Psychometric Analysis of Lawton IADLS.

Functional capacity and independent living skills are most crucial and important aspects to measure in older adults. Lawton IADL is an 8-item scale used to assess independent living skills. Lawton IADLS was originally developed in English. It has been translated and validated in several languages and showed excellent reliability and responsiveness. In our study Lawton IADL scale will be translated in Urdu and its psychometric analysis will be performed.The study design will be descriptive translation study. Study will be conducted in Rahimoon Welfare Foundation old age home of Lahore. Inclusion criteria will be patients of age between 65-75 years with both genders scoring 24 or more on MMSE and those who will be fluent in Urdu language. Those patients will be excluded who will have neurological problems affecting their IADLS, Cognitive/communication dysfunction or Patients with musculoskeletal impairments affecting IADLs. Participants will be asked to perform Lawton IADLs on the instruction and on completion performance will be scored. Study will be completed in two phases. Phase I will consist of Translation of original version (English) into Urdu version and pilot-testing of translated version. In phase II psychometric analysis will be performed. Data will be analyzed using SPSS version 21.