Each domain is rated on a 5-point scale of functioning as follows: 0, no impairment; 0.5, questionable impairment; 1, mild impairment; 2, moderate impairment; and 3, severe impairment (personal care is scored on a 4-point scale without a 0.5 rating available).
Owing to our purpose of developing a unidimensional, brief, valid scale of function that would be sensitive to physical (conservative) rehabilitation, the two symptom-based items were removed.
The Function component evaluates difficulty in performing 32 physical tasks and is comprised of an overall scale of function and three subscales: basic lower extremity, advanced lower extremity and upper extremity.
More generally, this study also highlights the interest of large scale loss-of-function screens for characterizing the molecular mechanism of action of environmental contaminants.
According to the IRPA, the reactive aggression scale consists of functions one and two, whereas the proactive aggression scale consists of functions three, four and five.
RNA interference has re-energized the field of functional genomics by enabling genome-scale loss-of-function screens in cultured cells.
The value of the five scales of functioning ranged from 75.1 (social functioning) to 86.4 (role functioning).
For Skindex-16, the extracted three factors reflected almost perfectly the original scales of functioning, emotion and symptoms.
The fatigue and pain symptoms and all scales of functioning were strongly correlated with global health status/QoL.
Mild floor and ceiling effects were noted for the scales of functioning and emotions of Skindex-16, while no floor or ceiling effect was observed for Skindex-29.
> -wrap-foot> Brief Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale; GAF, Global Assessment of Functioning; SAI E, Scale for Assessment of insight — Expanded version.
