Health Care

Functional Status

Ability regarding basic physical and cognitive activities such as walking or reaching, focusing attention, and communicating, as well as the routine activities of daily living, including eating, bathing, dressing, transferring, and toileting; and life situations such as school or play for children and, for adults, work outside the home or maintaining a household. (from https://www.ncvhs.hhs.gov/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/010617rp.pdf)

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

Structured Summary

Abstract

Ability regarding basic physical and cognitive activities such as walking or reaching, focusing attention, and communicating, as well as the routine activities of daily living, including eating, bathing, dressing, transferring, and toileting; and life situations such as school or play for children and, for adults, work outside the home or maintaining a household. (from https://www.ncvhs.hhs.gov/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/010617rp.pdf)

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Synonyms

4 entry terms
  • Status, Functional
  • Functional Dependence
  • Functional Independence
  • Independence, Functional

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History Note

2021

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Previous Indexing

  • Health Status (1980-2020)

MeSH Hierarchy

Tree Numbers

  1. N02.421.784.110w.500
  2. N06.850w.505.400w.425.175

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Functional Status. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D000085542. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D000085542
  2. Functional Status. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11897846