WHODAS 2.0 as a Measure of Severity of Illness: Results of a FLDA Analysis
Joint Authors
Sedano-Capdevila, Alba
Barrigón, María Luisa
Delgado-Gomez, David
Barahona, Igor
Aroca, Fuensanta
Peñuelas-Calvo, Inmaculada
Miguelez-Fernandez, Carolina
Rodríguez-Jover, Alba
Amodeo-Escribano, Susana
González-Granado, Marta
Baca-García, Enrique
Source
Computational and Mathematical Methods in Medicine
Issue
Vol. 2018, Issue 2018 (31 Dec. 2018), pp.1-7, 7 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2018-03-25
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
7
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
WHODAS 2.0 is the standard measure of disability promoted by World Health Organization whereas Clinical Global Impression (CGI) is a widely used scale for determining severity of mental illness.
Although a close relationship between these two scales would be expected, there are no relevant studies on the topic.
In this study, we explore if WHODAS 2.0 can be used for identifying severity of illness measured by CGI using the Fisher Linear Discriminant Analysis (FLDA) and for identifying which individual items of WHODAS 2.0 best predict CGI scores given by clinicians.
One hundred and twenty-two patients were assessed with WHODAS 2.0 and CGI during three months in outpatient mental health facilities of four hospitals of Madrid, Spain.
Compared with the traditional correction of WHODAS 2.0, FLDA improves accuracy in near 15%, and so, with FLDA WHODAS 2.0 classifying correctly 59.0% of the patients.
Furthermore, FLDA identifies item 6.6 (illness effect on personal finances) and item 4.5 (damaged sexual life) as the most important items for clinicians to score the severity of illness.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Sedano-Capdevila, Alba& Barrigón, María Luisa& Delgado-Gomez, David& Barahona, Igor& Aroca, Fuensanta& Peñuelas-Calvo, Inmaculada…[et al.]. 2018. WHODAS 2.0 as a Measure of Severity of Illness: Results of a FLDA Analysis. Computational and Mathematical Methods in Medicine،Vol. 2018, no. 2018, pp.1-7.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1132142
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Sedano-Capdevila, Alba…[et al.]. WHODAS 2.0 as a Measure of Severity of Illness: Results of a FLDA Analysis. Computational and Mathematical Methods in Medicine No. 2018 (2018), pp.1-7.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1132142
American Medical Association (AMA)
Sedano-Capdevila, Alba& Barrigón, María Luisa& Delgado-Gomez, David& Barahona, Igor& Aroca, Fuensanta& Peñuelas-Calvo, Inmaculada…[et al.]. WHODAS 2.0 as a Measure of Severity of Illness: Results of a FLDA Analysis. Computational and Mathematical Methods in Medicine. 2018. Vol. 2018, no. 2018, pp.1-7.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1132142
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1132142