Katz Index of Independence in Activities of Daily Living

Activities

Points (1 or 0)

Independence

(1 Point)

NO supervision, direction or personal assistance.

Dependence

(0 Points)

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