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Table 1 HUI Mark 2 (HUI3) Classification System. (See FAQ 9)

From: The Health Utilities Index (HUI®): concepts, measurement properties and applications

ATTRIBUTE

LEVEL

DESCRIPTION

SENSATION

1

Able to see, hear, and speak normally for age.

 

2

Requires equipment to see or hear or speak.

 

3

Sees, hears, or speaks with limitations even with equipment.

 

4

Blind, deaf, or mute.

MOBILITY

1

Able to walk, bend, lift, jump, and run normally for age.

 

2

Walks, bends, lifts, jumps, or runs with some limitations but does not require help.

 

3

Requires mechanical equipment (such as canes, crutches, braces, or wheelchair) to walk or get around independently

 

4

Requires the help of another person to walk or get around and requires mechanical equipment as well.

 

5

Unable to control or use arms and legs.

EMOTION

1

Generally happy and free from worry.

 

2

Occasionally fretful, angry, irritable, anxious, depressed, or suffering night terrors

 

3

Often fretful, angry, irritable, anxious, depressed, or suffering night terrors

 

4

Almost always fretful, angry, irritable, anxious, depressed.

 

5

Extremely fretful, angry, irritable, anxious, or depressed usually requiring hospitalization or psychiatric institutional care.

COGNITION

1

Learns and remembers school work normally for age.

 

2

Learns and remembers school work more slowly than classmates as judged by parents and/or teachers.

 

3

Learns and remembers very slowly and usually requires special educational assistance.

 

4

Unable to learn and remember.

SELF-CARE

1

Eats, bathes, dresses, and uses the toilet normally for age.

 

2

Eats, bathes, dresses, or uses the toilet independently with difficulty.

 

3

Requires mechanical equipment to eat, bathe, dress, or use the toilet independently.

 

4

Requires the help of another person to eat, bathe, dress, or use the toilet.

PAIN

1

Free of pain and discomfort.

 

2

Occasional pain. Discomfort relieved by non-prescription drugs or self-control activity without disruption of normal activities.

 

3

Frequent pain. Discomfort relieved by oral medicines with occasional disruption of normal activities.

 

4

Frequent pain; frequent disruption of normal activities. Discomfort requires prescription narcotics for relief.

 

5

Severe pain. Pain not relieved by drugs and constantly disrupts normal activities.

FERTILITY

1

Able to have children with a fertile spouse.

 

2

Difficulty in having children with a fertile spouse.

 

3

Unable to have children with a fertile spouse.