Disability rating scale for severe @entity542 : XXXX to community.

@entity1 @entity75 @entity542 @entity772 @entity734
The objective of this study was to develop one instrument for assessing quantitatively the disability of severe @entity542 @entity1 so their rehabilitative progress could be followed from @entity772 through different levels of awareness and functioning to their return to the community. This disability rating (DR) instrument was designed to be easily learned, quickly completed, valid, predictive of outcome and to have a high inter-rater reliability. The DR Scale consists of 8 items divided into 4 categories; 1. Arousal and awareness; 2. Cognitive ability to handle self-care functions; 3. @entity734 upon others; 4. Psychosocial adaptability for work, housework, or school. Completed independently by several raters for more than 88 serious @entity542 @entity1 , inter-rater correlations were highly significant. The admission DR was significantly related to clinical outcome at 1 year after injury and was significantly related to electrophysiologic measures of @entity75 as reflected in degree of abnormality of evoked brain potential patterns. The DR Scale is more sensitive than the Glasgow Outcome Scale in detecting and measuring clinical changes in individuals who have sustained severe @entity542 . Also it can be used to help identify @entity1 most likely to benefit from intensive rehabilitation care within a hospital setting. It provides a shorthand global description of a @entity542 @entity1 's condition that facilitates understanding and communication.
