Table 1: Individual items of the BI (in compliance with the Hamburg Classification Manual).
[n –number of people, % - percentage,max. – maximum, Pts. –points].
| Points n (%) |
| 0 | 5 | 10 | 15 |
Independent eating (max. 10 Pts.) | 13 (3.8) | 29 (8.4) | 302 (87.8) | - |
Transfers (bed to chair and back) (max. 15 Pts.) | 2 (0.6) | 13 (3.8) | 31 (9.0) | 298 (86.6) |
Personal hygiene (max. 5 Pts.) | 53 (15.4) | 291 (84.6) | - | - |
Toilet use (max 10 Pts.) | 13 (3.8) | 18 (5.2) | 313 (91.0) | - |
Bathing & showering (max. 5 Pts.) | 119 (34.6) | 225 (65.4) | - | - |
Mobility (getting up & walking on level surfaces) (max. 15 Pts.) | 11 (3.2) | 7 (2.0) | 108 (31.4) | 218 (63.4) |
Climbing stairs (max. 10 Pts.) | 39 (11.3) | 38 (11) | 267 (77.6) | - |
Dressing (max. 10 Pts.) | 19 (5.5) | 47 (13.7) | 278 (80.8) | - |
Urinary continence (max. 10 Pts.) | 14 (4.1) | 20 (5.8) | 310 (90.1) | - |
Stool continence (max. 10 Pts.) | 31 (9.0) | 70 (20.3) | 243 (70.6) | - |