Table 2. Professional and Consumer Ratings for ADL and IADL Items.

Disability Item	Professional (N = 27)		Consumer (N = 51)
	Mean	Rank	Mean	Rank
Needs Help Cleaning the House	8,284	1	24,607	2
Needs Some Help With Shopping	11,503	2	29,985	5
Walks Outside	11,894	3	34,748	8
Needs a Little Help With Using the Telephone	15,075	4	28,210	4
Unable to Clean the House	20,196	5	41,960	11
Needs a Little Help With Bathing	21,442	6	21,323	1
Needs a Little Help With Dressing	21,828	7	25,372	3
Unable to Shop	22,407	8	50,392	19
Needs a Lot of Help With Using the Telephone	25,881	9	42,931	12
Needs Some Help With Preparing Meals	26,194	10	32,411	6
Needs Some Help With Medications	31,671	11	43,480	13
Unable to Walk Outside	33,518	12	51,568	20
Unable to Use the Telephone	33,981	13	56,372	23
Needs a Little Help With Transferring	45,986	14	35,392	16
Needs Help to Walk	38,517	15	35,686	9
Unable to Walk But Can Use Wheelchair	38,776	16	48,598	17
Needs a Lot of Help With Bathing	41,629	17	37,421	10
Needs a Lot of Help With Dressing	43,747	18	45,602	15
Unable to Prepare Meals	46,296	19	54,313	21
Unable to Manage Medications	48,144	20	66,960	27
Needs a Little Help With Feeding Self	48,305	21	34,632	7
Unable to Bathe Self	50,000	22	50,000	18
Needs a Little Help With Using the Toilet	50,423	23	43,843	14
Unable to Dress	53,781	24	61,372	25
Not Bedridden But Unable to Walk	71,459	25	62,431	26
Needs a Lot of help With Transferring	73,211	26	57,465	24
Needs a Lot of Help With Using the Toilet	78,050	27	67,137	28
Bedridden	80,018	28	72,058	29.5
Unable to Transfer	84,703	29	72,058	29.5
Unable to Use the Toilet	86,653	30	79,803	32
Needs a Lot of Help With Feeding Self	89,364	31	54,965	22
Unable to Feed Self	100,537	32	73,235	31

NOTES: ADL is activities of daily living. IADL is instrumental activities of daily living.

SOURCE: Kane, R.L., Rockwood, T., Finch, M., and Philp, I., 1997.