Research Topic · Peer-Reviewed

Activities of Daily Living

Activities of daily living, often abbreviated as ADLs, are the basic self-care tasks that people carry out each day to live independently, such as bathing, dressing, eating, moving around, using the toilet, and personal hygiene. The ability to perform these tasks is a widely used measure of functional status and ind…

Curated from this journal's research 📚 12 peer-reviewed articles cited Cited 85× across the literature 🔖 ISSN 2641-4538 🗓 Reviewed July 2026

Overview

Activities of daily living, often abbreviated as ADLs, are the basic self-care tasks that people carry out each day to live independently, such as bathing, dressing, eating, moving around, using the toilet, and personal hygiene. The ability to perform these tasks is a widely used measure of functional status and independence, particularly among older adults and people with chronic illness or disability. Assessing ADLs helps clinicians, caregivers, and public health professionals gauge a person's level of independence, plan appropriate care, and track changes in function over time. Maintaining or restoring the capacity to perform daily activities is a central goal of long-term care, rehabilitation, and healthy-aging programs. Research published by Public Health International and its associated journals reflects these concerns through studies relevant to functional capacity and independence, including work on hand-grip strength as a nutritional and functional assessment tool in long-term care homes, assistive technology and behavioral programs to promote adaptive skills in people with Alzheimer's disease, and exercise interventions such as Tai-Chi for older adults with painful knee osteoarthritis. This page gathers peer-reviewed, open-access articles relevant to activities of daily living, functional assessment, and supporting independence across the lifespan.

Research published in this journal

12 peer-reviewed articles, ranked by relevance. Each links to its DOI.

How this research is being cited

The 12 articles above have been cited 85 times in the scholarly literature. Citation data via OpenAlex and Crossref, updated Jun 2026.

A sample of recent works citing this journal's research on Activities of Daily Living, linking to each citing work.

Editorial oversight

Curated from peer-reviewed research published in Public Health International (ISSN 2641-4538).

Journal editorial board
Javad Javan-Noughabi · United Kingdom Evelyn O Talbott · United States Zainab Taha · United Arab Emirates

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