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Publication name	Author	Description	Journal	Size (Mb)
Disability Rating Scale	unkown	Staff-completed scale based on observation and personal contact. Ability levels in 4 categories (8 items) are scored: arousal, awareness and responsibility; cognitive ability for self-care activities; dependence on others; psychosocial adaptability. The t	unkown	0.008
Dalhousie Everyday Pain Scale	unkown	pain scale	unkown	0.473
Dallas Pain Questionnaire	unkown	Patient-completed 16-item questionnaire assessing functional activity and emotional capacity in chronic spinal pain sufferers. Taken from a cognitive behavioural perspective, scored on visual analogue scales measured from 0-100%, it evaluates 4 aspects of	unkown	0.129
Danish Prostate Symptom Score (DAN-PSS)	Hansen	The DAN-PSS system is a self-administrated quality-of-life questionnaire comprising 12 questions related to voiding problems and the perceived bother related to each individual symptom. The DAN-PSS questionnaire has demonstrated a high degree of construct	unkown	0.072
DASH (Disabilities of the arm, shoulder and hand)	Atroshi I Gummesson C Hudak PL Amadio PC Bombardier C.	Patient-completed 30-item questionnaire measuring physical and social function together with symptom impact in upper limb disorders. Also contains optional sport/music and work specific sections. Scoring is through a five-point Likert scale for each quest	Acta Orthop Scand.	0.08
Disability Index for the General Household Survey	Arber S Ginn J. Cheng HS Wang LC.	Arber et al developed a simple disability index for surveying disability in the elderly based on observation of daily life. The index can also be used in othe patient populations including psychiatric patients	Epidemiol Infect.	0.068
Disease Steps for MS	Hohol MJ, Orav EJ, Weiner HL	For Disease Steps, classification of a patient is determined by history and neurologic examination as well as course of MS	Mult Scler.	0.048
Dizziness Handicap Inventory	G.P. Jacobson C.W. Newman,	Patient-completed 25-item questionnaire evaluating the perceived handicapping effects imposed by vestibular disease. Items sub grouped into 3 domains: physical, emotional, functional. Used for systematic history taking, and evaluating the effects of thera	unkown	0.091
Dougados Functional Index (DFI)	unkown	The DFI consists of 20 items assessing the patient's ability to perform distinct daily activities. The questionnaire provides three answer categories to the question 'Can you"; 0 - yes, 1 - yes, but with difficulty, 2 - no. The total score ranges form 0-4	unkown	0.06
Douleur Enfant Gustave-Roussy (DEGR)	Gauvain-Piquard McGrath PJ.	Gauvain-Piquard et al developed a pain scale for children 2-6 years of age. The authors are from Institut Gustave-Roussy in France	Pain	0.074
Dubowitz Score	Dubowitz LMS Dubowitz V Goldberg C.	The score proposed by Dubowitz et al assesses an infant for the apparent gestational age by considering both neurologic and external signs of development	J Pediatr.	0.149
Duke Activity Status Index	Hltaky MA Boineau RE	The Duke Activity Status Index is a self-administered questionnaire that measures a patient's functional capacity. It can be used to get a rough estimate of a patient's peak oxygen uptake.	Am J Cardio.	0.082
Dystonia scales	Burke	dystonia scales from Burke	unkown	0.454

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