The Development of a New Pediatric Measure of Instrumental Activities of Daily Living Using the interRAI Child and Youth Mental Health Assessment-to-Intervention System

Key Points

• The aim is to create new measures for assessing instrumental activities of daily living (IADL) in children and youth.
• Developed two additive summary scales for assessing IADL functioning in children and youth.
• Utilized the interRAI Child and Youth Mental Health Assessment system for scale creation.
• Focused on scalability for implementation across various service sectors and geographic regions.
• The newly developed IADL scales enhance the ability to assess and monitor IADL functioning in youth.
• Broad implementation of these scales can improve clinical and policy decision-making.
• The scales provide a standardized approach for understanding IADL functioning across different populations.