Table 3.

Postoperative activities of daily living at 3 mo

Take a bus	3	Go up/downstairs	2
Go to a place near home, within walking distance	2	Get on/off bed, sit down/stand up	1
Prepare meal	4	Fetch water to cook/bathe	3
Do the housework	3	Take a bath	2
Take medicine	1	Cut toenail	2
Eat meal	1	Go shopping	2
Put on/take off clothes	2	Go to the toilet regularly	2
Brush hair/teeth	2	Make a phone call	3
Wash clothes	4	Take care of the money	4
Walk on flat floor indoors	1	Be home alone	3

Write down numeric points: 1 = can do it myself; 2 = have some difficulty doing but can still do it by myself; 3 = need help to do it; 4 = cannot do it at all.