Translation and cross-cultural adaptation of Thai DASH questionnaire

What is it about?

The authors wished to translate and adapt the Disabilities of the Arm Shoulder and Hand Questionnaire (the DASH) to suit Thai cultural context for objective upper extremity functional measurement. The translated version had acceptable internal consistency and content validity.

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Why is it important?

The Thai-DASH can now be used as an objective and valid outcome measure for patients with disabilities resulting from various pathologies of the upper extremities. The questionnaire and the scoring instructions can be downloaded free from the links below - Thai-DASH: http://www.dash.iwh.on.ca/system/files/translations/DASH_Thai.pdf - Scoring instructions: http://www.dash.iwh.on.ca/system/files/translations/Scoring_DASH_Thai.pdf