Measuring Health and Disability

, by Ustun, T. B.; Kostanjsek, N.; Chatterji, S.; Rehm, J.

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ISBN: 9789241547598 | 9241547596
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Copyright: 4/30/2010

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The World Health Organization Disability Assessment Schedule-WHODAS 2.0-is a practical instrument designed to measure general levels of health and disability. The instrument is based on the international Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF).

Preface	p. v
Abbreviations and acronyms	p. vii
Background	p. 1
Introduction	p. 3
Why is disability assessment important?	p. 3
Why develop a method to assess disability?	p. 3
What is WHODAS 2.0?	p. 4
Why use WHODAS 2.0?	p. 5
Purpose and structure of the manual	p. 8
WHODAS 2.0 development	p. 11
Rationale and conceptual background for the development of WHODAS 2.0	p. 11
Relation with WHO Quality of Life instrument	p. 12
Process of development of WHODAS 2.0	p. 12
Final structure of WHODAS 2.0	p. 16
Psychometric properties of WHODAS 2.0	p. 19
Test-retest reliability and internal consistency	p. 19
Factor structure	p. 20
Cross-cultural sensitivity to change	p. 21
Item-response characteristics	p. 22
Validity	p. 22
WHODAS 2.0 in the general population	p. 25
Uses of WHODAS 2.0	p. 27
Applications of WHODAS 2.0	p. 27
Further development of WHODAS 2.0	p. 31
Practical aspects of administering and scoring WHODAS 2.0	p. 35
Administering WHODAS 2.0	p. 37
Access and conditions of use for WHODAS 2.0 and its translations	p. 37
Modes of administering WHODAS 2.0	p. 37
Training in the use of WHODAS 2.0	p. 38
Scoring of WHODAS 2.0	p. 41
WHOOAS 2.0 summary scores	p. 41
WHODAS 2.0 domain scores	p. 42
WHODAS 2.0 population norms	p. 42
WHODAS 2.0 item scores	p. 45
Handling missing data within WHODAS 2.0	p. 45
Question-by-question specifications	p. 47
Questions A1-A5: Demographic and background information	p. 47
Questions D1.1-D1.6: The six domains	p. 48
Questions F1-F5: Face sheet	p. 55
Questions H1-H3: Effect of difficulties	p. 55
Questions S1-S12: Short-form questions	p. 56
Syntax for automatic computation of overall score using SPSS	p. 59
Guidelines and exercises for use of WHODAS 2.0	p. 63
Interviewer-administered version specifications	p. 63
Typographical conventions	p. 64
Using flashcards	p. 66
Asking the questions	p. 66
Clarifying unclear responses	p. 67
Recording data	p. 69
Problems and solutions	p. 71
Test yourself	p. 73
Test yourself: Questions	p. 73
Test yourself: Answers	p. 78
Glossary	p. 79
References	p. 83
WHOOAS 2.0 VERSIONS	p. 89
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