Diagnostic accuracy of the World Health Organization Disability Assessment Schedule (WHODAS 2.0) to estimate disability after stroke.
Heyriane Martins Dos SantosGabriela Santos PereiraLeia Cordeiro de OliveiraPaula Karina da SilvaMichael Gonçalves LimaVictor Hugo Alexandre de Amorim FelizChristina Danielli Coelho de Morais FariaSoraia Micaela SilvaPublished in: Disability and rehabilitation (2022)
WHODAS 2.0 demonstrated acceptable diagnostic capacity and the cutoff point of 39.62 proved suitable for distinguishing individuals with moderate/severe disability from those with no or mild disability after stroke.Implications for rehabilitationWHODAS 2.0 demonstrated acceptable diagnostic capacity.The WHODAS 2.0 cut-off point of >39.62 allows stratification of post-stroke disability into two different levels (no/mild disability versus moderate/severe disability).These results facilitate clinical decision-making by rehabilitation professionals.