Barthel Index (Activities of Daily Living)

Sums ten weighted activities-of-daily-living items (feeding, bathing, grooming, dressing, bowel and bladder control, toilet use, transfers, mobility, stairs) on the original 0–100 scale to measure functional independence; best read as a serial measure of change.

Feeding

Bathing

Grooming

Dressing

Bowels (rate by preceding week)

Bladder (rate by preceding week; catheterised + self-manages = continent)

Toilet use

Transfers (bed to chair and back)

Mobility (on level surfaces, > 50 yards / ~45 m)

Stairs