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Barthel Index of Activities of Daily Living.

BI

What it measures
Independence in ten basic activities of daily living: feeding, bathing, grooming, dressing, bowel and bladder control, toilet use, transfers, mobility, stairs.
Length and format
10 items. ordinal per activity (0/5/10 or 0/5/10/15), summed to 0-100 (clinician-rated/interview)
Language versions
~40+ languages; effectively universal in stroke and rehabilitation services
Normative data
No normative data held in our reference library for this instrument. That is a statement about our library, not about the published literature.
Licence
open with attribution

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Reference
Mahoney, F. I., & Barthel, D. W. (1965). Functional evaluation: The Barthel Index. Maryland State Medical Journal, 14, 61-65.

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