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Published in final edited form as: J Aging Health. 2017 Sep 1;30(9):1482–1494. doi: 10.1177/0898264317721555

Table 2.

Frequency of Disability in Essential and Instrumental Activities of Daily Living

eADL^a	16,189 total months of eADL disability	Frequency in months n (%) per disability task
Dependence in bathing		14,554 (89.9%)
Dependence in dressing		10,717 (66.2%)
Dependence in walking inside the house		5,682 (35.1%)
iADL^b	44,154 total months of iADL disability	Frequency in months n (%) per disability task
Dependence in doing housework		39,341 (89.1%)
Dependence in preparing meals		23,622 (53.5%)
Dependence in shopping		29,848 (67.6%)

^a)

eADL = essential activities of daily living, as defined in the text.

^b)

iADL = instrumental activities of daily living, as defined in the text.