Disability Rating Index (DRI)

Clinical intent

The Disability Rating Index (DRI) is a patient-reported outcome measure developed by Salén et al. in 1994 [1], with the aim of measuring physical disability of respondents within a clinical setting. The DRI evaluates a respondent’s disability by assessing activity and participation limitations.

Clinical interpretation

DRI equal or bigger than 50 % are considered a positive score.

References

[1] Salén BA, Spangfort EV, Nygren AL, Nordemar R. The Disability Rating Index: an instrument for the assessment of disability in clinical settings. J Clin Epidemiol. 1994;47(12):1423-1435. doi:10.1016/0895-4356(94)90086-8