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Katz Index of Independence in Activities of Daily Living

The document describes a functional ability assessment used to evaluate the independence of older persons in activities of daily living such as bathing, dressing, toileting, transferring, continence, and feeding. Each activity is scored on a scale of independence or dependence, with independence receiving 1 point and dependence receiving 0 points. The total score is used to interpret the patient's level of independence, with a high score indicating independence and a low score indicating high dependence.

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Katz Index of Independence in Activities of Daily Living

The document describes a functional ability assessment used to evaluate the independence of older persons in activities of daily living such as bathing, dressing, toileting, transferring, continence, and feeding. Each activity is scored on a scale of independence or dependence, with independence receiving 1 point and dependence receiving 0 points. The total score is used to interpret the patient's level of independence, with a high score indicating independence and a low score indicating high dependence.

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CENTRO ESCOLAR UNIVERSITY

School of Nursing
San Miguel, Manila

Functional Ability Assessment of Older Person

Activities Independence Dependence Score Remarks


(1 point) (0 point)
No supervision, direction WITH supervision,
or personal assistance direction, personal
assistance or total care
Bathing Bathes self-completely or Need help with bathing
needs help in bathing only more than one part of the
a single part of the body, body, getting in or out of
such as the back, genital the tub or shower; requires
area or disabled extremity. total bathing
Dressing Gets clothes from closets Needs help with dressing
and drawers, and puts on self or needs to be
clothes and outer garments completely dressed.
complete with fasteners.
May need help tying shoes.
Toileting Goes to toilet, gets on and Needs help transferring to
off, arranges clothes, cleans the toilet and cleaning self,
genital area without help or uses bedpan or
commode
Transferring Moves in and out of bed or Needs help in moving from
chair unassisted; bed to chair or requires a
mechanical complete transfer
transfer aids are acceptable
Fecal and Exercises complete self- Is partially or totally
urinary control over urination and incontinent of bowel or
continence defecation bladder
Feeding Gets food from plate into Needs partial or total help
mouth without help; with feeding or requires
preparation of food may be parenteral feeding
done by another person
TOTAL
Katz Index of Independence in Activities of Daily Living
http://npcrc.org/files/news/katz_index_of_independence_in_activities_of_daily_living.pdf

Interpretation

*—No supervision, direction, or personal assistance.

†—With supervision, direction, personal assistance, or total care.

Score of 6 = High, Patient is independent.

Score of 0 = Low, patient is very dependent.

Functional Ability Assessment of Older Person_NSBALLENA_EJCGOMEZ_JPDELEN_03302022

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