Assessment of Physical Disability Using Barthel Index Scale Among Elderly of Rural Area

Abstract

The fitness of the elderly will be a central inconvenience characterizing the fitness status of a populace. There is more noteworthy need to investigate their substantial/physical handicap perspective. The objective was to evaluate the personal satisfaction of physically handicapped human by methods for utilizing Barthel Index (BI). The Barthel Scale is an ordinal scale used to gauge in general execution in exercises of every/day by day exercises (ADL). Methods: In this cross sectional study data was collected from different hospitals and clinics of Lahore division. Barthel index scale questionnaire was used in this study and the data was then analyzed using SPSS 21. Results: One hundred and ninety two sample size of affected person had been selected in the study from specific hospitals and clinics to determine the assessment of physical/functional disability by using Barthel Index. As our study indicates the people of rural region are more bodily/physically disabled 68.2% with the mean age of 65.5 years.Conclusions: Physical Inability had influenced social support and it is major area of concern. More health
services to be provided to elderly.