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 | 1 | 1 |
| 1998 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1999 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2000 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2001 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2002 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2003 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 2004 | 5 | 4 | 9 |
| 2005 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2006 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| 2007 | 4 | 4 | 8 |
| 2008 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2009 | 3 | 10 | 13 |
| 2010 | 2 | 7 | 9 |
| 2011 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2012 | 5 | 4 | 9 |
| 2013 | 5 | 3 | 8 |
| 2014 | 1 | 7 | 8 |
| 2015 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 2016 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2017 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2018 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 2019 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2020 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2021 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2023 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2024 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2025 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Activities of Daily Living" by people in Profiles.
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Nara A, Ueda H, Shimizu Y, Asano D, Ishikawa Y, Akahoshi K, Katsuta E, Torigoe J, Ban D. Minimally invasive surgery reduces the risk of loss of independence after pancreatoduodenectomy in elderly patients. Surg Endosc. 2026 Mar; 40(3):2332-2340.
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Jia H, Lubetkin EI. Net effects of correlated determinants of health among U.S. older adults. BMC Geriatr. 2025 Dec 15; 26(1):223.
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Orellano-Col?n EM, Bonilla-D?az W, Revilla-Orellano R, Mej?as-Castro J, Roche-Lima A. Quality of an Assistive Technology Web Application for Primary Care Physicians Serving Older Adults: Concurrent Mixed Methods Study. JMIR Form Res. 2025 Oct 22; 9:e69645.
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Jia H, Lubetkin EI. Comparing Potential Contributors of Health-Related Quality of Life and Mortality Among US Older Adults. Med Decis Making. 2025 Aug; 45(6):675-689.
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Martin P, Poon LW, Lee G, Obhi HK, Willcox BJ, Masaki KH. From 70 to 100: The Kuakini Hawaii Centenarian Study. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci. 2025 06 10; 80(7).
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Rush J, Charles ST, Willroth EC, Cerino ES, Piazza JR, Almeida DM. Changes in daily stress reactivity and changes in physical health across 18 years of adulthood. Ann Behav Med. 2025 Jan 04; 59(1).
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Thomas PA, Bolton SH, Ontiveros F, Mattson WI, Vannatta K, Lo W, Wilde EA, Cunningham WA, Yeates KO, Hoskinson KR. 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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Assari S. Black Americans' Diminished Health Returns of Professional Occupations: A Thirty-Year Follow-Up Study of Middle-Aged and Older Adults. J Racial Ethn Health Disparities. 2025 Aug; 12(4):2103-2114.
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Wang KM, Coleman AL, Pan D, Yu F, Tseng VL. Population-Level Associations Between Visual Impairment and Functional Difficulties in California. Ophthalmic Epidemiol. 2025 02; 32(1):9-17.
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Hines D, Armstrong-Heimsoth A, Schoen SA. A Pilot Study of Idiopathic Toe Walking: Measures and Outcomes. Occup Ther Health Care. 2024 Jul; 38(3):723-749.