Table 4

Agreement patterns of Disability Assessment Schedule (DAS) scores between patient and therapist

Agreement patternsNo of dyads (%)Scores by patientsScores by therapistsDifference
Mean (SD)Mean (SD)Mean (SD)
 DAS/LL*12 (14.8)5.1 (2.8)3.4 (2.0)1.7 (3.9)
 DAS/LM18 (22.2)6.2 (3.4)11.7 (1.8)−5.6 (4.0)
 DAS/LH9 (11.1)5.0 (3.0)22.1 (5.0)−17.1 (5.2)
 DAS/HH21 (25.9)19.1 (6.9)22.0 (4.8)−2.9 (8.7)
 DAS/HM15 (18.5)18.0 (3.9)11.3 (2.6)6.7 (4.6)
 DAS/HL6 (7.4)16.7 (3.2)4.3 (2.3)12.3 (3.1)
  • *Patient’s own evaluation versus therapist’s evaluation of DAS: DAS/LL=low versus low, DAS/LM=low versus medium, DAS/LH=low versus high, DAS/HH=high versus high, DAS/HM=high versus medium and DAS/H=high versus low.