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. 2016 Aug 9;26(2):505–514. doi: 10.1007/s11136-016-1384-5

Table 2.

Distribution and reliability of the WHODAS 2.0 and the SF-36 for patients accepted for specialized rehabilitation in western Norway between January and June 2015

Domain N Mean (SD) Observed range Floor (0) score % Ceiling (100) score % Missing domain % Cronbach’s α Test–retest ICCa
WHODAS 2.0 [from 0 (best) to 100 (worst)]
 Cognition 950 17.8 (18.8) 0–90.0 27.6 0.0 2.7 0.87 0.81
 Mobility 962 33.8 (25.8) 0–100.0 13.8 0.7 1.5 0.85 0.84
 Self-care 968 12.0 (17.6) 0–100.0 53.7 0.1 0.6 0.77 0.63
 Getting along 966 24.8 (20.9) 0–100.0 17.2 0.1 2.7 0.75 0.79
 Life activities 963 45.1 (27.3) 0–100.0 7.1 4.0 27.4 0.91 0.78
 Life activities: household 963 44.8 (27.5) 0–100.0 10.0 4.9 0.8 0.87 0.78
 Life activities: work/study 452 42.9 (31.8) 0–100.0 13.8 12.1 1.7 0.94 0.71b
 Participation 952 41.1 (20.6) 0–100.0 2.1 0.1 3.1 0.83 0.75
 Total score 970 30.9 (16.2) 0– 90.2 0.5 0.0 7.9 0.92 0.87
SF-36 [from 0 (worst) to 100 (best)]
 Mental health 957 66.4 (19.3) 0–100.0 0.2 1.4 2.0 0.85
 Vitality 965 33.4 (20.3) 0–100.0 5.8 0.3 2.1 0.82
 Bodily pain 965 40.4 (25.8) 0–100.0 6.7 5.9 1.0 0.88
 General health 945 48.6 (22.2) 0–100.0 0.7 0.4 2.8 0.76
 Social functioning 969 55.4 (28.0) 0–100.0 5.1 10.4 2.0 0.85
 Physical functioning 959 53.3 (25.5) 0–100.0 1.8 1.8 1.6 0.90
 Role physical 940 16.6 (29.4) 0–100.0 67.8 6.7 3.8 0.80
 Role emotional 930 44.1 (43.2) 0–100.0 41.1 31.9 4.5 0.85

WHODAS World Health Organization Disability Assessment Schedule, SF-36 Medical Outcomes Study 36-item Short Form Health Survey, SD standard deviation, ICC intra-class correlation

aFor test–retest, there were 53 patients analysed in the study

bFor Life activities: work/study, there were 21 patients analysed for ICC