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Disabilities of the Arm, Shoulder and Hand (DASH)
Source: Institute for Work and Health (IWH)Format: PDFAnnotation: The Disabilities of the Arm, Shoulder and Hand (DASH) questionnaire is designed to assess physical function and symptoms in people with any of several musculoskeletal disorders of the upper limb. It was developed jointly by the Institute for Work and Health and the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons. The tool gives clinicians and researchers the advantage of having a single, reliable instrument that can be used to examine any or all joints in the upper extremity. The questionnaire records symptoms as well as activity performance. Two optional, four-item modules are included in the DASH. The first assesses function in the upper limbs of workers whose daily living requires a high level of physical activity; the second is designed to assess function in people involved in athletics or the performing arts. This resource was identified by the NIH Disaster Research Response Program (DR2) for researchers looking for pre- and post-disaster data collection instruments.
Ease of Use in Disaster Setting: Easy
Flesch-Kincaid Reading Level: Grade 5.6
Population: Adults only
Length: 30 questions
Time to Complete: 10-30 minutes
Administered by: Self Administered/Self Report
Language(s): English, Afrikaans, Arabic, Armenian, Chinese, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Swedish, Lithuanian, Malay, Norwegian, Persian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Romanian, Serbian, Sinhala, Slovak, Slovene, Spanish, Tagalog, Thai, Turkish, and Yoruba...[See more] [See less]Type: Guideline/Assessment ToolAccess Notes: Free/Publicly Available
Citation(s):
Hudak PL, Amadio PC, Bombardier C. Development of an upper extremity outcome measure: the DASH (disabilities of the arm, shoulder and hand) [corrected]. The Upper Extremity Collaborative Group (UECG). Am J Ind Med. 1996 Jun;29(6):602-8. Erratum in: Am J Ind Med 1996 Sep;30(3):372. PubMed PMID: 8773720. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8773720. Subscription required.
Beaton DE, Katz JN, Fossel AH, Wright JG, Tarasuk V, Bombardier C. Measuring the whole or the parts? Validity, reliability, and responsiveness of the Disabilities of the Arm, Shoulder and Hand outcome measure in different regions of the upper extremity. J Hand Ther. 2001 Apr-Jun;14(2):128-46. PubMed PMID: 11382253. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11382253. Subscription required.
Available Formats: iPad Application
The DASH Outcome Measure and the Quick DASH are free and publicly available; they are owned by the Institute for Work and Health (IWH), which also holds the copyright on both measures.
Use of these instruments without charge is limited to clinicians using them only for treatment or assessment of a patient, to researchers using them only for non-commercially related research, and to other not-for-profit users. The instruments may not be sold or incorporated into a product to be sold by anyone. The instruments may not under any circumstances be changed in any way as even minor changes may alter performance. Any other use requires advance written permission from the Institute for Work and Health and requires strict compliance with all conditions attached to such permission, including payment in some cases. Users must give credit to the developers when using or referencing any DASH tool.
Contact information:
Institution: Institute for Work and Health
Address: 481 University Avenue, Suite 800, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5G 2E9
Email: dash@iwh.on.ca
Phone: 416-927-2027
Fax: 416-927-4167; Attention: DASH Outcome Measure
Web: https://www.iwh.on.ca/tools-and-guides/dash-outcome-measureIncludes Research Tools: Yes.ID: 8631. From: Disaster Lit®a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine.
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