Disability Assessment For Dementia (DAD) is a test designed to evaluate the ability to carry out daily activities (AVD) in persons with cognitive disorders such as dementia. It is useful to define deficits in cognitive areas that could interfere in the execution of AVD. This scale offers the novelty of systematic evaluation for each area of AVD, independently of whether the subject has the capacity to carry it out or not, and even if the subject had it prior and is capable of planning and organization. It consists of 40 items that evaluate the functional capacity for the basic activities of daily life (AVDB), instrumental activities of daily life (AVDI) and leisure activities. This tool was adapted to Spanish and validated by Sanchez-Perez and colleagues.

Link to the adaptation publication:  Sánchez-Pérez A, López-Roig S, Pampliega Pérez A, Peral Gómez P, Pastor MÁ, Hurtado-Pomares M. Translation and adaptation of the Disability Assessment for Dementia scale in the Spanish population. Med Clin (Barc).
2017;149(6):248-252.

Link to the validity publication: Sánchez-Pérez A, López-Roig S, Pérez AP, Gómez PP, Pastor MÁ, Pomares MH. Validation Study of the Spanish Version of the Disability Assessment for Dementia Scale. Medicine (Baltimore). 2015 Nov;94(44):e1925.

To download the questionnaire in Spanish, you most complete this questionnaire: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeZ8QhsQQHN7fbeo44Wl4n-pCxHZTq6kVy8O59yx8KQILutlA/viewform