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Autor/in | Raggi, Alberto |
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Titel | Detecting Changes Following the Provision of Assistive Devices: Utility of the WHO-DAS II |
Quelle | In: International Journal of Rehabilitation Research, 33 (2010) 4, S.306-310 (5 Seiten)
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Sprache | englisch |
Dokumenttyp | gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz |
ISSN | 0342-5282 |
DOI | 10.1097/MRR.0b013e3283398198 |
Schlagwörter | Diseases; Patients; Program Effectiveness; Assistive Technology; Adults; Neurological Impairments; Disability Identification; Interviews; Followup Studies; Measures (Individuals); Measurement Techniques; Change; Influence of Technology |
Abstract | The World Health Organization Disability Assessment Schedule II (WHO-DAS II) is a non-disease-specific International Classification of Functioning, Disability, and Health-based disability assessment instrument developed to measure activity limitations and restrictions to participation. The aim of this pilot study is to evaluate WHO-DAS II responsiveness in detecting short-time changes following the provision of an Assistive Technology, which is important to define its utility in performing daily activities. Adult inpatients with a diagnosis of Disease of the Nervous System (included in Chapter VI of the ICD-10), who were prescribed an Assistive Technology to be used in the household settings, were enrolled. The WHO-DAS II was administered in individual interview at baseline and at a 2 months follow-up: in this period patients were transitioning from the hospital to home. Changes in disability profiles were detected by calculating the effect size (ES) for each WHO-DAS II domain. Ten patients with different neurological diseases were enrolled. Few longitudinal changes in disability level are reported: mild improvement is observed in the household activities (ES 0.28), whereas mild worsening is reported in self-care and participation in society domains (ES -0.27 and -0.26, respectively). Our study shows that the WHO-DAS II is responsive in detecting domain-specific changes over a short-term period and provides preliminary encouraging evidence for the utility of its utilization in clinical settings. However, changes in setting between baseline and follow-up could have an impact on the findings and interpretation of this study. (As Provided). |
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Update | 2017/4/10 |