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Both the BI and the KI revealed significant deterioration of functional status after ICU discharge. The IRT analysis suggested that the Barthel Index might be a better scale than the Katz Index for the assessment of functional status of patients discharged from ICU, since it presented better discrimination of the ability to carry out the tasks.
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