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Barthel scale

The Barthel scale is an ordinal scale used to measure performance in activities of daily living (ADL). Each performance item is rated on this scale with a given number of points assigned to each level or ranking. It uses ten variables describing ADL and mobility. A higher number is associated with a greater likelihood of being able to live at home with a…

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measure performance in activities of daily living
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Barthel ADL index

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Barthel scale

Nodes14
Edges13
Triples7
Avg. degree1.86
Density0.142857
Components1

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Barthel scale

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related to Variables · 4
Barthel scale → Barthel, Help, Presence, The
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Barthel scale → measure performance in activities of daily living
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Barthel scale → Barthel ADL index
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Barthel scale → ordinal scale used to measure performance in activities of daily living

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Barthel scalePurposemeasure performance in activities of daily living1.00infobox
Barthel scaleSynonymsBarthel ADL index1.00infobox
Barthel scaleis aordinal scale used to measure performance in activities of daily living0.90text
Barthel scalerelated to VariablesThe0.60section
Barthel scalerelated to VariablesBarthel0.60section
Barthel scalerelated to VariablesPresence0.60section
Barthel scalerelated to VariablesHelp0.60section

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