The factor structure of the Disability Rating Scale in individuals with traumatic brain injury.

CONCLUSION: Each factor of the Disability Rating Scale may independently serve as a clinically useful outcome predictor after traumatic brain injury. Implications for rehabilitation The Disability Rating Scale is a measure used in brain injury rehabilitation that generates a total score indicating level of disability. This study confirmed a three-factor structure and showed that the individual factor scores provide unique information in predicting rehabilitation outcomes at one year post-injury. PMID: 28942681 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Disability and Rehabilitation - Category: Rehabilitation Authors: Tags: Disabil Rehabil Source Type: research