Table 3. Functional Status Scale.

Pollack MM, Holubkov R, Glass P, et al. Functional Status Scale: new pediatric outcome measure. Pediatrics 2009 Jul;124(1):e18–28. doi: 10.1542/peds.2008-1987.

	Normal (Score = 1)	Mild Dysfunction (Score = 2)	Moderate Dysfunction (Score = 3)	Severe Dysfunction (Score = 4)	Very Severe Dysfunction (Score = 5)
Mental status	Normal sleep/wake periods; appropriate responsiveness	Sleepy but arousable to noise/touch/movement and/or periods of social non-responsiveness	Lethargic and/or irritable	Minimal arousal to stimuli (stupor)	Unresponsive, coma, and/or vegetative state
Sensory functioning	Intact hearing and vision and responsive to touch	Suspected hearing or vision loss	Not reactive to auditory stimuli or to visual stimuli	Not reactive to auditory stimuli and to visual stimuli	Abnormal responses to pain or touch
Communication	Appropriate noncrying vocalizations, interactive facial expressiveness, or gestures	Diminished vocalization, facial expression, and/or social responsiveness	Absence of attention-getting behavior	No demonstration of discomfort	Absence of communication
Motor functioning	Coordinated body movements, normal muscle control, and awareness of action and reason	1 limb functionally impaired	≥2 limbs functionally impaired	Poor head control	Diffuse spasticity, paralysis, or decerebrate/decorticate posturing
Feeding	All food taken by mouth with age-appropriate help	Nothing by mouth or need for age-inappropriate help with feeding	Oral and tube feedings	Parenteral nutrition with oral or tube feedings	All parenteral nutrition
Respiratory status	Room air and no artificial support or aids	Oxygen treatment and/or suctioning	Tracheostomy	Continuous positive airway pressure treatment for all or part of the day and/or mechanical ventilatory support for part of the day	Mechanical ventilatory support for all of the day and night