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Score the Katz Index of Independence in ADL

Source: R/com-instruments-adl.R
scoreKatz.Rd

Six basic ADL activities (bathing, dressing, toileting, transferring, continence, feeding), each scored independent (1) or dependent (0), for a total of 0-6.

Usage

scoreKatz(items, ...)

Arguments

items

Named numeric responses (0/1 per activity) or an unnamed vector in the instrument's item order.

...

Passed to scoreInstrument().

Value

A ClinicalScore with the total (0-6) and the impairment stratum.

See also

scoreBarthel(), scoreLawton()

Examples

scoreKatz(c(bathing = 1, dressing = 1, toileting = 1,
            transferring = 1, continence = 0, feeding = 1))
#> ClinicalScore [katz_adl]
#>   total = 5  (independent)
#>   items used: 6, missing = error