Table 1

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

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.

Horsman et al. Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2003 1:54   doi:10.1186/1477-7525-1-54