Reliability and validity of the Disability Assessment Structured Interview (DASI): A tool for assessing functional limitations in claimants

Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 33-40

  Spanjer, Jerry ^a,b,d   Krol, Boudien ^b   Brouwer, Sandra ^b   Popping, Roel ^c   Groothoff, Johan W ^b   Van Der Klink, Jac J L ^b  

^a Social Security Office   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^d NONE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Interview; Medical history taking; Observer variation; Outcome assessment; Psychometrics; Randomized controlled trial; Reproducibility of results; Work capacity evaluation

Indexed keywords

ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABILITY; DISABLED PERSON; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INSURANCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICS; VALIDATION STUDY; WORK CAPACITY;

DISABILITY EVALUATION; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; INSURANCE CLAIM REVIEW; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; WORK CAPACITY EVALUATION;

EID: 77950369201     PISSN: 10530487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10926-009-9203-2     Document Type: Article

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