Activities of Daily Living
"Activities of Daily Living" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
The performance of the basic activities of self care, such as dressing, ambulation, or eating.
| Descriptor ID |
D000203
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E02.760.169.063.500.067 E02.831.067 I03.050 N02.421.784.110
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| Concept/Terms |
Activities of Daily Living- Activities of Daily Living
- ADL
- Activities, Daily Living
- Activity, Daily Living
- Daily Living Activities
- Daily Living Activity
- Living Activities, Daily
- Living Activity, Daily
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Activities of Daily Living" by people in this website by year, and whether "Activities of Daily Living" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1996 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 1997 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 1998 | 1 | 7 | 8 |
| 1999 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2000 | 2 | 6 | 8 |
| 2001 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2002 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 2003 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 2004 | 2 | 7 | 9 |
| 2005 | 1 | 6 | 7 |
| 2006 | 3 | 10 | 13 |
| 2007 | 4 | 12 | 16 |
| 2008 | 5 | 8 | 13 |
| 2009 | 6 | 15 | 21 |
| 2010 | 3 | 11 | 14 |
| 2011 | 5 | 7 | 12 |
| 2012 | 3 | 5 | 8 |
| 2013 | 6 | 11 | 17 |
| 2014 | 8 | 7 | 15 |
| 2015 | 4 | 7 | 11 |
| 2016 | 6 | 7 | 13 |
| 2017 | 5 | 7 | 12 |
| 2018 | 3 | 9 | 12 |
| 2019 | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| 2020 | 3 | 8 | 11 |
| 2021 | 4 | 7 | 11 |
| 2022 | 3 | 7 | 10 |
| 2023 | 5 | 5 | 10 |
| 2024 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 2025 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Activities of Daily Living" by people in Profiles.
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Correlates and predictors of self-efficacy among dementia caregivers: D-CARE findings. Alzheimers Dement. 2026 Jul; 22(7):e71636.
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ACT for postsurgical pain and dysfunction in at-risk veterans: Multisite, double-blind, cluster RCT. J Psychosom Res. 2025 11; 198:112393.
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Self-reported everyday functioning among adults with human immunodeficiency virus: Longitudinal associations with global neurocognitive functioning and depressive symptoms. J Int Neuropsychol Soc. 2025 May; 31(4):328-335.
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Positive Psychological Factors Relate to Domain-Specific Cognition and Daily Functioning in Middle-Aged and Older Adults with HIV. AIDS Behav. 2025 May; 29(5):1669-1680.
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Effectiveness of activity-based interventions for improving independence and mobility in spinal cord injury: a meta-analysis. Disabil Rehabil. 2025 09; 47(19):4904-4912.
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Predicting Trajectories of Everyday Functioning in Adults Aging with HIV Using Latent Growth Mixture Modeling. AIDS Behav. 2025 May; 29(5):1525-1539.
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Exploring the link among injury severity, white matter connectivity and psychosocial outcomes in pediatric TBI: a probabilistic tractography approach. Int J Neurosci. 2025 Dec; 135(12):1395-1407.
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Gastrocnemius electrical stimulation increases ankle dorsiflexion strength in patients with post-acute sequelae of SARS-COV-2 (PASC): a double-blind randomized controlled trial. Sci Rep. 2024 08 02; 14(1):17939.
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Does Social Support Play a Role in the Expression and Everyday Functioning Impact of Apathy in HIV Disease? AIDS Behav. 2024 Oct; 28(10):3238-3248.
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Developmental milestones and daily living skills in individuals with Angelman syndrome. J Neurodev Disord. 2024 06 15; 16(1):32.