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Dalhousie Everyday Pain Scale

Dallas Pain Questionnaire
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 patients? lives 1) daily activities - walking, sitting, standing; 2) work and leisure; 3) anxiety and mood; 4) social interest and interpersonal skills

Danish Prostate Symptom Score (DAN-PSS)
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 validity, correlating with the Madsen–Iversen score system and with the patient’s answers to questions about how bothersome their symptoms have been. The DAN-PSS system has discriminated clearly between patients with BPH and control subjects, and has been sensitive to
changes following BPH treatment. However, it has not been able to predict bladder outlet obstruction. The DAN-PSS and I-PSS indexes are correlated, and the DAN-PSS seems to be more sensitive to changes after pharmacological treatment than the I-PSS, Madsen-Iversen and Boyarsky symptom indexes.

Dartmouth COOP Function and Health Status Measures

Patient / Staff-completed charts measuring patient functional status. Consists of nine charts that can be used singularly or in combination to focus on specific functional health, overall health and quality of life. For each chart the patient selects from 5 responses with a higher score indicating greater dysfunction

DASH (Disabilities of the arm, shoulder and hand)
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 question and scores are summed with a lower score indicating less disability

Disability Index for the General Household Survey

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

Disability Rating Scale
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 total disability score places the individual in one of 10 categories of disability

Disease Steps for MS

For Disease Steps, classification of a patient is determined by history and neurologic examination as well as course of MS

Dizziness Handicap Inventory
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 therapeutic intervention

Dougados Functional Index (DFI)

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 0-40 points

Douleur Enfant Gustave-Roussy (DEGR) of Gauvain-Piquard et al for Pain in Children from 2 to 6 Years of Age

Gauvain-Piquard et al developed a pain scale for children 2-6 years of age. The authors are from Institut Gustave-Roussy in France

Dubowitz Score

The score proposed by Dubowitz et al assesses an infant for the apparent gestational age by considering both neurologic and external signs of development

Duke Activity Status Index

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.

Dystonia scales

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