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Purpose. Measure independence in activities of daily living (ADL).
Purpose. Measure independence in activities of daily living (ADL).


Age-related changes and health problems frequently show themselves as declines in the functional status of older adults. This decline often places the older adult on a downwards health spiral. An effective way to evaluate the health status of older adults is through their functional ability. An objective assessment which provides objective data helps indicate decline or improvement in health status, allowing the physiotherapist to plan and intervene appropriately<ref>Donna McCabe, DNP, APRN-BC, GNP. [https://consultgeri.org/try-this/general-assessment/issue-2.pdf Katz Index of Independence in Activities of Daily Living (ADL).] Best Practices in Nursing Care to Older Adults. Issue Number 2, Revised 2019. Available from: https://consultgeri.org/try-this/general-assessment/issue-2.pdf (last accessed 5.5.2019)</ref>
Age-related changes and health problems frequently show themselves as declines in the functional status of older adults. This decline often places the older adult on a downwards health spiral. An effective way to evaluate the health status of older adults is through their functional ability. An objective assessment which provides objective data helps indicate decline or improvement in health status, allowing the physiotherapist to plan and intervene appropriately<ref name=":0">Donna McCabe, DNP, APRN-BC, GNP. [https://consultgeri.org/try-this/general-assessment/issue-2.pdf Katz Index of Independence in Activities of Daily Living (ADL).] Best Practices in Nursing Care to Older Adults. Issue Number 2, Revised 2019. Available from: https://consultgeri.org/try-this/general-assessment/issue-2.pdf (last accessed 5.5.2019)</ref>
 
{{#ev:youtube|https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ekwu49fH5QM|width}}<ref>Describing occupation. Katz ADL. Available from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ekwu49fH5QM (last accessed 5.5.2019)</ref>
== Intended Population  ==
== Intended Population  ==
Older adults and individuals with chronic diseases.
Older adults and individuals with chronic diseases.


== Method of Use  ==
== Method of Use  ==
The Katz Index of Independence in Activities of Daily Living (Katz ADL), is an appropriate tool to assess functional status when measuring the client’s ability to perform activities of daily living independently.  
The Katz Index of Independence in Activities of Daily Living (Katz ADL), is an appropriate tool to assess functional status when measuring the client’s ability to perform activities of daily living independently. It takes less than 5 minutes to perform and requires no training.
 
Physiotherapists use the tool when assessing function and detect problems in performing ADL and formulate a plan care. The Index ranks adequacy of performance in six functions of bathing, dressing, toileting, transferring, continence, and feeding. 1 point is independent, 0 points is with supervision, direction, personal assistance or total care
 
BATHING
 
Points: __________
 
(1 POINT) Bathes self completely or
 
needs help in bathing only a single part
 
of the body such as the back, genital
 
area or disabled extremity.
 
(0 POINTS) Need help with
 
bathing more than one part of the
 
body, getting in or out of the tub or
 
shower. Requires total bathing
 
DRESSING
 
Points: __________
 
(1 POINT) Get clothes from closets
 
and drawers and puts on clothes and
 
outer garments complete with fasteners.
 
May have help tying shoes.
 
(0 POINTS) Needs help with
 
dressing self or needs to be
 
completely dressed.
 
TOILETING
 
Points: __________
 
(1 POINT) Goes to toilet, gets on and


Physiotherapists use the tool when assessing function and detect problems in performing ADL and formulate a plan care. The Index ranks adequacy of performance in six functions of bathing, dressing, toileting, transferring, continence, and feeding.
off, arranges clothes, cleans genital area


== Reference ==
without help.


== Evidence ==
(0 POINTS) Needs help
 
transferring to the toilet, cleaning
 
self or uses bedpan or commode.
 
TRANSFERRING
 
Points: __________
 
(1 POINT) Moves in and out of bed or
 
chair unassisted. Mechanical transfer
 
aids are acceptable
 
(0 POINTS) Needs help in moving
 
from bed to chair or requires a
 
complete transfer.
 
CONTINENCE
 
Points: __________
 
(1 POINT) Exercises complete self
 
control over urination and defecation.
 
(0 POINTS) Is partially or totally
 
incontinent of bowel or bladder
 
FEEDING
 
Points: __________
 
(1 POINT) Gets food from plate into
 
mouth without help. Preparation of food
 
may be done by another person.
 
(0 POINTS) Needs partial or total
 
help with feeding or requires
 
parenteral feeding.
 
TOTAL POINTS: ________ SCORING: 6 = High (patient independent) 0 = Low (patient very dependent)
 
== Evidence ==


=== Reliability  ===
=== Reliability  ===
The interrater reliability is 0.95 or better after training (1,4). The coefficient of reproducibility, (a measure of the internal consistency of an ordered measure), is 0.96 – 0.99


=== Validity  ===
=== Validity  ===
The Katz tool was originally developed in the late 1950s and has consistently demonstrated its utility in evaluating functional status in the elderly population.It is used extensively as a flag signalling functional capabilities of older adults in clinical and home environments.<ref name=":0" />
Construct validity. Scores on the Katz ADL Index are correlated with scores on the Barthel index (r  0.78, kappa  0.77).
Predictive validity. Correlation with mobility dysfunction (0.50) and house confinement (0.39) among older adult patients 2 years later.
<ref name=":1">Arthritis & Rheumatism (Arthritis Care & Research) Vol. 49, No. 5S, October 15, 2003, pp S15–S27 DOI 10.1002/art.11415
© 2003, American College of Rheumatology [https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/art.11415 Measures of Adult general function]. Available from: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/art.11415 (last accessed 5.5.2019)
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=== Responsiveness  ===
=== Responsiveness  ===
Sensitivity/responsiveness to change. This scale has a significant floor effect, in that it is relatively insensitive to variations at low levels of disability<ref name=":1" />


=== Miscellaneous<span style="font-size: 20px; font-weight: normal;" class="Apple-style-span"></span>   ===
This occurs as it does not assess more advanced activities of daily living and it is limited in its ability to measure small increments of change seen in the rehabilitation of older adults. A comprehensive geriatric assessment should follow when appropriate. The Katz ADL Index is very useful in that is in a simple form all involved in a care plan can interpret.<ref name=":0" />
 
== Links  ==


== References ==
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Objective[edit | edit source]

Purpose. Measure independence in activities of daily living (ADL).

Age-related changes and health problems frequently show themselves as declines in the functional status of older adults. This decline often places the older adult on a downwards health spiral. An effective way to evaluate the health status of older adults is through their functional ability. An objective assessment which provides objective data helps indicate decline or improvement in health status, allowing the physiotherapist to plan and intervene appropriately[1]

[2]

Intended Population[edit | edit source]

Older adults and individuals with chronic diseases.

Method of Use[edit | edit source]

The Katz Index of Independence in Activities of Daily Living (Katz ADL), is an appropriate tool to assess functional status when measuring the client’s ability to perform activities of daily living independently. It takes less than 5 minutes to perform and requires no training.

Physiotherapists use the tool when assessing function and detect problems in performing ADL and formulate a plan care. The Index ranks adequacy of performance in six functions of bathing, dressing, toileting, transferring, continence, and feeding. 1 point is independent, 0 points is with supervision, direction, personal assistance or total care

BATHING

Points: __________

(1 POINT) Bathes self completely or

needs help in bathing only a single part

of the body such as the back, genital

area or disabled extremity.

(0 POINTS) Need help with

bathing more than one part of the

body, getting in or out of the tub or

shower. Requires total bathing

DRESSING

Points: __________

(1 POINT) Get clothes from closets

and drawers and puts on clothes and

outer garments complete with fasteners.

May have help tying shoes.

(0 POINTS) Needs help with

dressing self or needs to be

completely dressed.

TOILETING

Points: __________

(1 POINT) Goes to toilet, gets on and

off, arranges clothes, cleans genital area

without help.

(0 POINTS) Needs help

transferring to the toilet, cleaning

self or uses bedpan or commode.

TRANSFERRING

Points: __________

(1 POINT) Moves in and out of bed or

chair unassisted. Mechanical transfer

aids are acceptable

(0 POINTS) Needs help in moving

from bed to chair or requires a

complete transfer.

CONTINENCE

Points: __________

(1 POINT) Exercises complete self

control over urination and defecation.

(0 POINTS) Is partially or totally

incontinent of bowel or bladder

FEEDING

Points: __________

(1 POINT) Gets food from plate into

mouth without help. Preparation of food

may be done by another person.

(0 POINTS) Needs partial or total

help with feeding or requires

parenteral feeding.

TOTAL POINTS: ________ SCORING: 6 = High (patient independent) 0 = Low (patient very dependent)

Evidence[edit | edit source]

Reliability[edit | edit source]

The interrater reliability is 0.95 or better after training (1,4). The coefficient of reproducibility, (a measure of the internal consistency of an ordered measure), is 0.96 – 0.99

Validity[edit | edit source]

The Katz tool was originally developed in the late 1950s and has consistently demonstrated its utility in evaluating functional status in the elderly population.It is used extensively as a flag signalling functional capabilities of older adults in clinical and home environments.[1]

Construct validity. Scores on the Katz ADL Index are correlated with scores on the Barthel index (r  0.78, kappa  0.77).

Predictive validity. Correlation with mobility dysfunction (0.50) and house confinement (0.39) among older adult patients 2 years later.

[3]

Responsiveness[edit | edit source]

Sensitivity/responsiveness to change. This scale has a significant floor effect, in that it is relatively insensitive to variations at low levels of disability[3]

This occurs as it does not assess more advanced activities of daily living and it is limited in its ability to measure small increments of change seen in the rehabilitation of older adults. A comprehensive geriatric assessment should follow when appropriate. The Katz ADL Index is very useful in that is in a simple form all involved in a care plan can interpret.[1]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Donna McCabe, DNP, APRN-BC, GNP. Katz Index of Independence in Activities of Daily Living (ADL). Best Practices in Nursing Care to Older Adults. Issue Number 2, Revised 2019. Available from: https://consultgeri.org/try-this/general-assessment/issue-2.pdf (last accessed 5.5.2019)
  2. Describing occupation. Katz ADL. Available from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ekwu49fH5QM (last accessed 5.5.2019)
  3. 3.0 3.1 Arthritis & Rheumatism (Arthritis Care & Research) Vol. 49, No. 5S, October 15, 2003, pp S15–S27 DOI 10.1002/art.11415 © 2003, American College of Rheumatology Measures of Adult general function. Available from: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/art.11415 (last accessed 5.5.2019)