Activity and Participation Assessment of Patients with Traumatic Brain Injury:Study with WHO-DAS 2.0 Chinese Version
SHI Hong-mei
WANG Kuei-yuan
ZHANG Jing
CHEN Di
Abstract：Objective To investigate the condition of activity and participation of patients with traumatic brain injury (TBI). Methods 34 inpatients with TBI were assessed with World Health Organization Disability Assessment Schedule (WHO-DAS) 2.0 (International Chi-nese Version of fully structured interviewer administered 36 question). Results The patients with TBI had mild difficulty (2.10±1.33) in un-derstanding and communicating, moderate in getting around (3.20 ± 1.56), self-care (3.06 ± 1.41) and getting along with people (2.43 ± 1.33), and moderate to severe in life activities (3.86±1.33) and participation in society (3.51±1.19). Conclusion The patients with TBI feel difficul-ty major in life activities, participation in society, and getting around.
Keywords：traumatic brain injuryWorld Health Organization Disability Assessment Schedule 2.0activity and participationassess-ment
Publication Date：2014-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：3( 1060-1062 )