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Resource Utilisation Groups - Activities of Daily Living score code N

Identifying and definitional attributes

Metadata item type:Help on this termValue Domain
METEOR identifier:Help on this term446314
Registration status:Help on this term
  • Health, Standard 11/04/2014
  • Independent Hospital Pricing Authority, Qualified 23/11/2015
Definition:Help on this termA code set that represents an individual's need for assistance with four activities of daily living.

Representational attributes

Representation class:Help on this termCode
Data type:Help on this termNumber
Format:Help on this termN
Maximum character length:Help on this term1
Supplementary values:Help on this term
1Independent or supervision only
2Limited assistance
3Limited physical assistance or Extensive assistance/total dependence/tube fed
4Other than two persons physical assist
5Two or more person physical assist

Collection and usage attributes

Guide for use:Help on this term

The Resource Utilisation Groups - Activities of Daily Living (RUG-ADL) is a four item scale measuring a person's motor function for activities of daily living including:

  • Bed mobility
  • Toileting
  • Transfers
  • Eating

For bed mobility, toileting and transfers, valid values are:

1 - Independent or supervision only

3 - Limited physical assistance

4 - Other than two persons physical assist

5 - Two or more person physical assist

Note: a score of 2 is not valid.

 

For eating, valid values are:

1 - Independent or supervision only

2 - Limited assistance

3 - Extensive assistance/total dependence/tube fed

Note: a score of 4 or 5 is not valid.

Scores are summed for the four ADL variables: bed mobility, toilet use, transfer and eating. A total RUG-ADL scores ranges from a minimum 4 and maximum 18.

Source and reference attributes

Submitting organisation:Help on this termIndependent Hospital Pricing Authority

Relational attributes

Related metadata references:Help on this term
Has been superseded by Resource Utilisation Groups–Activities of Daily Living score code N
  • Health, Superseded 17/01/2020
Data elements implementing this value domain:Help on this term
Person—level of functional independence, Resource Utilisation Groups - Activities of Daily Living score code N
  • Health, Superseded 25/01/2018
  • Independent Hospital Pricing Authority, Qualified 23/11/2015
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