Domestic life
Items from the DASH (Disabilities of the Arm, Shoulder and Hand ) are used to identify possible limitations in the area of domestic life, in the form of a questionnaire completed subjectively by the Patient.
Measurement – DASH
Screening
Required material: None
Procedure: Domestic life issues are probed through DASH items 4,7,8, and 9, which ask questions about difficulties in the following activities:
1. Preparing a meal
2. Heavy household jobs (washing windows, cleaning floors)
3. Garden or outdoor property work
4. Making bed
The patients rates their abilities in these procedures according to the following range of answer options: (1) No difficulty, (2) Mild difficulty, (3) Moderate difficulty, (4) Severe difficulty, (5) Unable.
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