INSTRUCTIONS:

Disability Rating Scale ratings to be completed within 72 hours after Rehab. Admission. And within 72 hours before Rehab. Discharge.

1. Eye opening:

2. Communication Abbility

3. Motor response

4. Feeding (Cognitive ability only).

5. Toileting (Cognitive ability only)

6. Grooming (Cognitive ability only)

7. Level of functioning (Physical, Mental, Emotional or Social function )

8. "Employmbility" (As a full time worker, Homemaker, or Student)


Bibliographic References (copyright belongs to the author/s of this instrument):

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