Measuring handicap: the London Handicap Scale, a new outcome measure for chronic disease.
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Measuring handicap: the London Handicap Scale, a new outcome measure for chronic disease.
OBJECTIVE To develop a handicap measurement scale in a self completion questionnaire format, with scale weights allowing quantification of handicap at an interval level of measurement. DESIGN Adaptation of the International Classification of Impairments, Disabilities and handicaps into a practical questionnaire incorporating the dimensions of handicap mobility, occupation, physical independen...
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عنوان ژورنال: Quality and Safety in Health Care
سال: 1994
ISSN: 1475-3898,1475-3901
DOI: 10.1136/qshc.3.1.11