GORDON’S FUNCTIONAL HEALTH PATTERNS

1. Health perception and health management pattern

• General health
• Health practices
• Concerns about illness
• Responsibility for health restoration and maintenance
2. Nutritional and metabolic pattern
• Daily food and fluid intake
• Weight loss or gain
• Appetite
• Dietary restrictions
• Healing potential of skin wounds or lesions
• General body status or condition
3. Elimination Pattern
• Bowel elimination pattern or problem
• Urinary elimination pattern or problem
• Perspiration pattern or problem
4. Activity and exercise pattern
• Energy level
• Exercise pattern
• Perceived ability for (use functional level code*)
 Bathing
 Bed mobility
 Cooking
 Dressing
 Feeding
 General mobility
 Grooming
 Home maintenance
 Shopping
 Toileting
5. Sleep and rest pattern
• Sleep problems
• Rested or not rested after sleep
• Use of sleep aids
6. Cognitive and perceptual pattern
• Sensory status: Visual, auditory, olfactory, tactile, gustatory
• Memory
• Intelligence
• Pain or discomfort
7. Self-perception and self-concept pattern
• Feelings about self
• Body image
 • Self-esteem
• Emotional state
8. Role and relationship pattern
• Living arrangement
• Family or significant others
• Communication
• Role and responsibilities in family
• Socialization
• Finances
9. Sexuality and reproductive pattern
• Sexual relations
• Sexual satisfaction or dissatisfaction
• Contraceptive use and problems
• Reproductive and menstrual history
10. Coping and stress-tolerance pattern
• Stressors
• Coping mechanisms
• Major life changes
• Problem management
11. Value and belief pattern
• Satisfaction with life
• Spirituality and religious beliefs
• Religious practices
• Conflicts

*Functional level code

Level 0 = Independent
Level I = Requires use of equipment or device
Level II = Requires assistance or supervision from another person
Level III = Requires assistance or supervision from another person and equipment
or device
Level IV = Is dependent and does not participate