Purpose and Use
This assessment is often used in acute care due to its speed and assesses whether a person is independent or dependent in 6 ADL categories.
What is the Katz Index?
On the Barthel Index, this score indicates full independence.
What is 20?
The AMPAC is used across these several settings.
What is inpatient rehab, outpatient, home health care, and long-term acute care hospitals.
One con of the Barthel Index is this.
What is lack of sensitivity to small changes?
The NPRS measures this aspect of pain.
What is intensity?
Used to assess cognitive and motor ADLs in rehab settings.
What is the FIM?
The FIM uses this number scale to rate each item.
What is 1 to 7?
The Modified Barthel is preferred in this rehab setting.
What is skilled nursing or inpatient rehab?
This assessment is quick, but may overgeneralize ability.
What is the Katz Index?
NPRS and Wong-Baker both use this maximum pain score.
What is 10?
Designed to evaluate a client’s functional abilities across 3 domains: basic mobility, daily activities, and applied cognitive.
What is the AMPAC?
The Modified Barthel is more sensitive because of this scoring feature.
What is detailed item definitions?
This assessment is being phased out of many sites.
What is the FIM?
A major con of the FIM.
What is the time it takes to administer (30–45 min)?
What is does not have contact guard or standby by assist?
The NPRS lacks this, making it less useful for non-verbal clients.
What is a visual component?