SCADI: Self-Care Activities Dataset

A standard dataset for the classification of self-care problems in children with physical and motor disabilities, based on the ICF-CY (International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health for Children and Youth) framework.

Overview

SCADI (Self-Care Activities Dataset) is a specialized dataset designed to support the development of expert systems and machine learning models in the domain of rehabilitation and occupational therapy. It contains 70 instances with 203 attributes representing various self-care activities.

• Source: UCI Machine Learning Repository - SCADI
• Domain: Health / Rehabilitation / Machine Learning
• Format: CSV
• Number of Classes: 7 (Levels of self-care ability)

Features

The dataset attributes are mapped to the self-care domain of the ICF-CY, covering critical daily activities:

• Washing oneself and caring for body parts
• Toileting and Dressing
• Eating and Drinking
• Looking after one's health

SCADI Self-Care Activities

The dataset is structured based on the following ICF-CY categories and activities:

Category No.	Self-care category	Activity No.	Description	Codes
I	Washing oneself	1	Washing body parts	d 5100
		2	Washing whole body	d 5101
		3	Drying oneself	d 5102
II	Caring for body parts	4	Caring for skin	d 5200
		5	Caring for teeth	d 5201
		6	Caring for hair	d 5202
		7	Caring for fingernails	d 5203
		8	Caring for toenails	d 5204
		9	Caring for nose	d 5205
III	Toileting	10	Indicating need for urination	d 53000
		11	Carrying out urination appropriately	d 53001
		12	Indicating need for defecation	d 53010
		13	Carrying out defecation appropriately	d 53011
		14	Menstrual care	d 5302
IV	Dressing	15	Putting on clothes	d 5400
		16	Taking off clothes	d 5401
		17	Putting on footwear	d 5402
		18	Taking off footwear	d 5403
		19	Choosing appropriate clothing	d 5404
V	Eating	20	Indicating need for eating	d 5500
		21	Carrying out eating appropriately	d 5501
VI	Drinking	22	Indicating need for drinking	d 5600
		23	Indicating need for drinking	d 5600
VII	Looking after one's health	24	Ensuring one's physical comfort	d 5700
		25	Managing diet and fitness	d 5701
		26	Managing medications and following health advice	d 57020
		27	Seeking advice or assistance from caregivers or professionals	d 57021
		28	Avoiding risks of abuse of drugs or alcohol	d 57022
VIII	Looking after one's safety	29	Looking after one's safety	d 571

Citation

If you use this dataset or find our research helpful, please cite the following papers:

@article{Zarchietal2018,
  author  = {Zarchi, Mohammad Saber and Bushehri, Ahmad Mahmoudi and Dehghanizadeh, Maryam},
  title   = {SCADI: A standard dataset for self-care problems classification of children with physical and motor disability},
  journal = {Methods of Information in Medicine},
  year    = {2018},
  volume  = {57},
  number  = {04},
  pages   = {183--193},
  doi     = {10.3414/ME18-01-0004}
}

@article{BushehriZarchi2019,
  author  = {Bushehri, S. F. and Zarchi, M. S.},
  title   = {An expert model for self-care problems classification using probabilistic neural network and feature selection approach},
  journal = {Applied Soft Computing},
  year    = {2019},
  volume  = {82},
  pages   = {105545},
  doi     = {10.1016/j.asoc.2019.105545}
}

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