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

Table 5

Comparing FIM and NPDS to the International Classification of Functioning, Disability, and Health.

ICF	FIM	ICF	NPDS-BCN section
	Self-care	d 560, 445, 440	Drinking
d 550, 560	Eating	d 550	Eating
		b 510	Enteral feeding
d 510, 520	Grooming	d 510, 520	Washing and grooming
d 510	Bathing	d 510, 450, 465	Bathing/showering
d 540	Dressing upper body	d 540	Dressing
d 540	Dressing lower body
d 530	Toilet	d 530	Toilet bladder
		d 530	Toilet bowels
	Sphincter control
b 620	Bladder management	b 620	Urinary incontinence
b 525	Bowel management	b 525	Faecal incontinence
	Transfer		Bed transfer
d 420, 410	Bed, chair, wheelchair	d 450, 410, 415
d 420, 410	Toilet	d 420	requires hoisting
d 420	Tub, shower
	Locomotion		Mobility
d 450, 455, 465	Walk, wheelchair	d 450	Walk
d 455	Stairs	d 465	With equipment
		b 270	Skin pressure relief
	Communication	d 310, 315	Communication
d 310, 315	Comprehension	d 335	Gestures, contextual cues
d 330, 335	Expression
	Social, cognition
d 710	Social interaction	d 720, b 130	Behaviour
d 230, 175	Problem solving	b 114	Safety awareness
b 144	Memory
			Special nursing needs—SNN
		b 265, 270, 280
		b 810

b: Body function.
d: Activity performance.