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ECOLOGICAL VALIDATION OF WHODAS 20 FOR DISABILITY ASSESSMENT IN PAKISTAN

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http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gesr.2022(VII-II).32      10.31703/gesr.2022(VII-II).32      Published : Jun 2022

Ecological Validation of WHODAS 2.0 for Disability Assessment in Pakistan

Abstract

    Disability is a complicated term to define, especially in a country like Pakistan, where the definition of disability is still debatable. The existing service delivery models, including disability assessment, are based on the medical model. The objective of the study was to use the standardized instrument WHO Disability Assessment Schedule (WHODAS-2.0) and establish its ecological validity for disability assessment in Pakistan. Data was collected from 371 out-of-school children with disabilities from three districts of Punjab by using the purposive sampling technique. An innovative method was used to establish ecological validity by taking 45 randomly selected cases among samples, and these cases were presented to a panel of nine experts/raters. The findings of the study concluded a correlation between raters' total score and total sample score, which was found positively strong and significant as r = .819, p = < .001, and it indicated that the use of the WHODAS 2.0 version is ecologically fit forthe use of disability assessment.

    Disability Assessment, Out of school children, Ecological validity

    (1) Afaf Manzoor
    Assistant Professor, Department of Special Education, University of Education, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.
    (2) Abdul Hameed
    Professor. Department of Education. University of Management and Technology, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.
    (3) Hina Munir
    Lecturer, Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies University of Education, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.
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APA

    APA : Manzoor, A., Hameed, A., & Munir, H. (2022). Ecological Validation of WHODAS 2.0 for Disability Assessment in Pakistan. Global Educational Studies Review, VII(II), 340-349. https://doi.org/10.31703/gesr.2022(VII-II).32

CHICAGO

    CHICAGO : Manzoor, Afaf, Abdul Hameed, and Hina Munir. 2022. "Ecological Validation of WHODAS 2.0 for Disability Assessment in Pakistan." Global Educational Studies Review, VII (II): 340-349 doi: 10.31703/gesr.2022(VII-II).32

HARVARD

    HARVARD : MANZOOR, A., HAMEED, A. & MUNIR, H. 2022. Ecological Validation of WHODAS 2.0 for Disability Assessment in Pakistan. Global Educational Studies Review, VII, 340-349.

MHRA

    MHRA : Manzoor, Afaf, Abdul Hameed, and Hina Munir. 2022. "Ecological Validation of WHODAS 2.0 for Disability Assessment in Pakistan." Global Educational Studies Review, VII: 340-349

MLA

    MLA : Manzoor, Afaf, Abdul Hameed, and Hina Munir. "Ecological Validation of WHODAS 2.0 for Disability Assessment in Pakistan." Global Educational Studies Review, VII.II (2022): 340-349 Print.

OXFORD

    OXFORD : Manzoor, Afaf, Hameed, Abdul, and Munir, Hina (2022), "Ecological Validation of WHODAS 2.0 for Disability Assessment in Pakistan", Global Educational Studies Review, VII (II), 340-349

TURABIAN

    TURABIAN : Manzoor, Afaf, Abdul Hameed, and Hina Munir. "Ecological Validation of WHODAS 2.0 for Disability Assessment in Pakistan." Global Educational Studies Review VII, no. II (2022): 340-349. https://doi.org/10.31703/gesr.2022(VII-II).32