WHO Disability Assessment Schedule 2.0 WHODAS 2.0
The new WHODAS 2.0
The new WHODAS 2.0 supersedes WHODAS II and shows the following advantages:
- Generic assessment instrument for health and disability
- Used across all diseases, including mental, neurological and addictive disorders
- Short, simple and easy to administer (5 to 20 minutes)
- Applicable in both clinical and general population settings
- Produces standardized disability levels and profiles
- Applicable across cultures, in all adult populations
- Direct conceptual link to the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF)
WHODAS 2.0 covers 6 domains:
Cognition – understanding & communicating
Mobility– moving & getting around
Self-care– hygiene, dressing, eating & staying alone
Getting along– interacting with other people
Life activities– domestic responsibilities, leisure, work & school
Participation– joining in community activities
Versions
You can download the questionnaires versions below. Please make sure you have:
1/downloaded and completed the
User Agreement
2/sent it back to WHO - CTS - WHO DAS 2.0 - Avenue Appia - CH1211 Geneva 27
3/obtained the authorization from WHO
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WHODAS 2.0 User Agreement
pdf, 14kb -
Fully structured self administered 12 question version
pdf, 441kb -
Fully structured interviewer administered 12 question version
pdf, 898kb -
12 plus 24 item version
pdf, 1.14Mb -
Fully structured self administered 36 question version
pdf, 493kb -
Fully structured interviewer administered 36 question version
pdf, 1.19Mb -
Fully Structured proxy version
pdf, 520kb -
Fully Structured 36 items proxy version
pdf, 597kb
Language versions
Available languages: Original (English)
官话 (Chinese, Mandarin), English, Français (French), Deutsch (German),Español (Spanish)
Translation work ongoing
لعربية (Arabic), Hindī (Hindi), Italiano (Italian), 日本語 (Japanese), 한국어 (Korean), Português (Portuguese),Русский язык (Russian), Svenska (Swedish), ภาษาไทย (Thai), Türkçe (Turkish), Créole haïtien (Haitian Creole), Polski (Polish), Nederlands (Dutch),
Upcoming
Shqiptar (Albanian), বাংলা (Bengali), Hrvatski (Croatian), Čeština (Czech), Dansk (Danish), Suomen kieli (Finnish), Eλληνικά (Greek), ಕನ್ನಡ (Kannada), Norsk (Norwegian), Română (Romanian), Српски (Serbian),
Slovenščina (Slovenian), Simhala (Sinhala), தமிழ் (Tamil), ภาษาไทย (Thai), Èdè yoruba (Yoruba)