The phrase "assess difficulties" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when evaluating or analyzing challenges or obstacles in a particular situation or context.
Example: "Before we proceed with the project, we need to assess difficulties that may arise during implementation."
Alternatives: "evaluate challenges" or "analyze obstacles".
We designed a questionnaire using an open-ended format, and 459 questionnaires were completed by parents to assess difficulties encountered in obtaining a diagnosis for their child.
To assess difficulties that occur during treatment with the Ilizarov external fixator, Paley's classification was used [17] to distinguish problems, obstacles and complications.
The WHODAS 2.0 was developed to assess difficulties due to health conditions including diseases, illnesses, or injuries, mental or emotional problems, and problems with alcohol or drugs.
It is designed to assess difficulties due to executive deficits patients encounter in every day life.
In order to assess difficulties and the functioning of the mother-child interaction [ 3], we used Lebovici technique based on a psychodynamic brief psychotherapy model [ 4, 5].
This self-report measure is designed to assess difficulties in interpersonal behavior on eight factor-analytically derived dimensions (domineering, vindictive, cold, socially avoidant, nonassertive, exploitable, overly nurturant, intrusive).
Self-reported measures of physical disability assess difficulty, inability or degree of assistance required to perform specific tasks of mobility, household management or personal care[ 13].
The questionnaire collected minimal epidemiological data including age and gender before asking a series of questions to assess difficulty, interest and knowledge among differing medical sub-specialties.
This informant-rated questionnaire assesses functional disabilities across 25 everyday tasks, using a ten-point Likert scale to assess difficulty: (1 = never has difficulty, 10 = always has difficulty), with the additional options of "I don't know' and 'Not applicable'.
To develop a scale for assessing "difficulties felt by intensive care unit (ICU) nurses providing end-of-life care" (DFINE).
The Cognitive Performance Scale (CPS) assesses difficulties in memory, decision-making and ADLs and has been validated against the Mini-Mental State examination [ 11, 12].
