Ferrari Robert, Russell Anthony, Kelly Allan J
Department of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
Aust Fam Physician. 2006 Aug;35(8):653-4.
General practitioners often need to track outcomes of whiplash patients, and a disability questionnaire may be useful.
Whiplash patients who attended primary care clinics in Edmonton, Canada were interviewed 3 months postcollision. Subjects were asked a global recovery question: "Do you feel you have recovered fully from your accident injuries?" Subjects then completed the Whiplash Disability Questionnaire (WDQ).
A total of 131 subjects participated. Of these, 52 (39.7%) reported that they felt they had recovered. Those who reported complete recovery had a mean WDQ score of 2.5 and those who reported they had not recovered had a mean WDQ score of 29.9. All who responded "yes" to the recovery question had a WDQ score below 13, while all those responding "no" to the recovery question had a WDQ score of 13 or more.
The WDQ as an outcome measure may be useful in clinical practice.
全科医生经常需要追踪挥鞭样损伤患者的治疗结果，一份残疾调查问卷可能会有所帮助。
对在加拿大埃德蒙顿初级保健诊所就诊的挥鞭样损伤患者在碰撞后3个月进行访谈。向受试者询问一个总体恢复问题：“你觉得自己已经从事故损伤中完全康复了吗？”然后受试者完成挥鞭样损伤残疾调查问卷（WDQ）。
共有131名受试者参与。其中，52人（39.7%）报告称他们觉得自己已经康复。报告完全康复的受试者的WDQ平均得分为2.5，而报告未康复的受试者的WDQ平均得分为29.9。对恢复问题回答“是”的所有受试者的WDQ得分均低于13，而对恢复问题回答“否”的所有受试者的WDQ得分均为13或更高。
WDQ作为一种结果测量方法在临床实践中可能会有所帮助。
