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The Activity of Daily Living (ADL) Scale of List and Helkimo for a Patient with a Craniomandibular Disorder

Description

List and Helkimo developed a scale for measuring the activities of daily living (ADL) in patients with craniomandibular disorders such as temporamandibular joint (TMJ) dysfunction. This can help evaluate the patient initially and to monitor the patient's response to therapeutic interventions. The authors are from Linoping and Jonkoping in Sweden.


 

The instrument consists of 12 statements.

 

Responses: 11 point Likert scale from 0 to 10

Statements

Response

Points

1 to 11

without any pain or discomfort

0

 

impossible due to pain or discomfort

10

12

not at all

0

 

extreme

10

 

total score =

= SUM(points for all 12 statements)

 

Interpretation:

• minimum score: 0

• maximum score: 120

• The higher the score the greater the degree of impairment.

 

Performance:

• Test-retest reliability was high in the study set of 31 patients.

• Correlation between self-evaluation and evaluation by a family member was high.

 


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