A Comparison between Two Instruments for Assessing Dependency in Daily Activities: Agreement of the Northwick Park Dependency Score with the Functional Independence Measure

Table 1

Sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value, and negative predictive value of the NPDS, with FIM as the golden standard.

	Sensitivity	Specificity	Positive predictive value	Negative predictive value
Feeding	0.53	0.93	0.94	0.69
Toileting	0.83	0.98	0.98	0.87
Dressing	0.89	0.98	0.98	0.88
Bladder	0.72	1.0	1.0	0.55
Bowel	0.74	0.88	0.96	0.48
Mobility	1.0	0.64	0.62	1.0
Showering	0.83	0.98	0.97	0.87