Resource Utilisation Groups—Activities of Daily Living

Identifying and definitional attributes
Metadata item type:	Glossary Item
Synonymous names:	RUG-ADL
METEOR identifier:	495909
Registration status:	Health, Standard 04/04/2014 Independent Hospital Pricing Authority, Standard 31/10/2012 Tasmanian Health, Standard 20/12/2016
Definition:	An assessment of patient motor function.
Context:	The Resource Utilisation Groups—Activities of Daily Living (RUG-ADL) scale measures the motor function of a patient for four activities of daily living.

Collection and usage attributes
Comments:	RUG-ADL is a four-item scale measuring patient motor function for activities of daily living including: Bed mobility Toileting Transfers Eating The scoring scale for bed mobility, toileting and transfers is: 1 - Independent or supervision only 3 - Limited physical assistance 4 - Other than two person physical assist 5 - Two or more person physical assist Note: A score of 2 is not valid for bed mobility, toileting and transfer items. The scoring scale for eating is: 1 - Independent or supervision only 2 - Limited assistance 3 - Extensive assistance/total dependence/tube fed The total RUG-ADL score (the sum of the individual scale items) will be a value between 4 and 18.
Source and reference attributes
Submitting organisation:	Independent Hospital Pricing Authority
Origin:	Fries BE, Schneider DP et al. 1994. Refining a casemix measure for nursing homes. Resource Utilisation Groups (RUG-III). Medical Care 32:668-685.
Reference documents:	Palliative Care Outcomes Collaboration 2014. Palliative care outcomes collaboration: Clinical manual. Wollongong: University of Wollongong.
Relational attributes
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