As an example, if the respondent had mild difficulty in washing/bathing or dressing (score of 2) and no difficulty in taking care of or maintaining general appearance (score of 1) and mild difficulty in staying by himself for a few days (score of 2), then the average score for the respondent for the self-care domain was calculated as 1.67.
Responses to each question were scored according to five grades of difficulty for a particular activity (Grade 0: no difficulty, grade 1: mild difficulty, grade 2: moderate difficulty, grade 3: severe difficulty and grade 4: extreme difficulty (unable to do)).
Question 2 of the rule indicates that a patient may be categorized at risk if they experience mild difficulty when getting on or off the toilet, yet, depending on their answer to the Question 4, they may be classified as not at risk if they encounter severe difficulty performing the same task.
Neurologic examination revealed left homonymous lateral hemianopia, mild difficulty in searching words, mild pronation and downward drift of the right arm.
No difficulty in performing work activities was reported by 77 patients, mild difficulty was reported by 21 patients, and severe difficulty was reported by two patients, who had to reduce their workloads.
§1: mild difficulty, 2: moderate difficulty, 3: severe difficulty, 4: complete difficulty.
Response categories are: 1 = no difficulty, 2 = mild difficulty, 3 = moderate difficulty, 4 = severe difficulty, 5 = impossible.
Forty-three (24%) had mild memory problems and 15 (8%) had mild difficulty using toilet.
Answers of inapplicable and missing values were replaced by 1 (no or mild difficulty).
Response options range from 1 to 5 (1 = no difficulty, 2 = mild difficulty, 3 = moderate difficulty, 4 = severe difficulty, 5 = unable to do).
Neuropsychological testing three months after the initial accident demonstrated mild difficulty with short-term memory, but was otherwise normal.
