Table 3.

Frequency and Reliability of Accommodations for Self-Care or Mobility Activities^a

	Percentage		Percent agree	Kappa	95% Confidence interval
	Initial interview	Reinterview
In the last month ever used a deviceb for…
Eating	0.0	0.0	100.0	—	—
Bathing/showering/washing up	36.9	38.7	89.2	0.77	0.65–0.89
Getting dressed	9.0	6.3	90.1	0.30	0.00–0.61
Toileting	27.0	25.2	94.6	0.86	0.75–0.97
Going outside	24.3	28.8	93.7	0.84	0.72–0.95
Getting around inside home	22.5	21.6	93.7	0.82	0.69–0.95
Getting out of bed	9.0	9.9	91.9	0.53	0.26–0.80
In the last month ever got help with…
Eating	5.4	5.4	98.2	0.82	0.59–1.00
Bathing/showering/washing up	7.2	6.3	95.5	0.64	0.35–0.93
Getting dressed	10.8	9.0	94.6	0.70	0.47–0.93
Toileting	2.7	1.8	99.1	0.80	0.41–1.00
Going outside	15.3	11.7	91.0	0.62	0.40–0.83
Getting around inside home	5.4	6.3	95.5	0.59	0.27–0.92
Getting out of bed	2.7	2.7	100.0	1.00	1.00–1.00
Compared with a year ago, did activity less often
Bathing/showering/washing up	8.1	5.4	93.7	0.50	0.18–0.82
Getting dressed	4.5	4.5	94.6	0.37	0.02–0.77
Going outside	19.8	20.7	82.9	0.47	0.27–0.67
Going around inside home	8.1	10.8	91.9	0.53	0.26–0.80

^aReinterview sample (n = 111).

^bDevices include adapted utensils (eating); grab bars and shower/bath seat (bathing); special items to help get dressed (dressing); grab bars, raised toilet seat (toileting); cane, walker, wheelchair, scooter (getting around inside, getting outside); and cane and walker (getting out of bed).