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Functional Status MeSH Descriptor Data 2025


MeSH Heading
Functional Status
Tree Number(s)
N02.421.784.110.500
N06.850.505.400.425.175
Unique ID
D000085542
RDF Unique Identifier
http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D000085542
Scope Note
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)
Entry Term(s)
Functional Dependence
Functional Independence
Previous Indexing
Health Status (1980-2020)
Public MeSH Note
2021
History Note
2021
Date Established
2021/01/01
Date of Entry
2020/07/09
Revision Date
2020/07/08

No Qualifiers
Functional Status Preferred
Functional Dependence Narrower
Functional Independence Narrower
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