QuickDASH Calculator

QuickDASH is the 11-item short form of the DASH questionnaire, which records how much an arm, shoulder or hand problem has limited everyday activity over the past week. Answer each item on its published 1 to 5 scale and this page applies the scoring rule from the manual: the mean response, minus one, times twenty-five, giving a score from 0 to 100. The two optional four-item modules, one for work and one for sport or playing an instrument, are scored on their own tabs and never folded into the main score. The manual publishes no severity bands, so none are invented here.

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1. Open a tight or new jar

2. Do heavy household chores (wash walls, wash floors)

3. Carry a shopping bag or briefcase

4. Wash your back

5. Use a knife to cut food

6. Recreational activities that take force or impact through the arm, shoulder or hand (golf, hammering, tennis)

7. In the past week, how much has the arm, shoulder or hand problem interfered with normal social activities with family, friends, neighbours or groups?

8. In the past week, were you limited in your work or other regular daily activities by the arm, shoulder or hand problem?

9. Arm, shoulder or hand pain in the past week

10. Tingling (pins and needles) in the arm, shoulder or hand in the past week

11. In the past week, how much difficulty have you had sleeping because of the pain in your arm, shoulder or hand?

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1. Difficulty using your usual technique for your work

2. Difficulty doing your usual work because of arm, shoulder or hand pain

3. Difficulty doing your work as well as you would like

4. Difficulty spending your usual amount of time doing your work

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1. Difficulty using your usual technique for playing your instrument or sport

2. Difficulty playing your instrument or sport because of arm, shoulder or hand pain

3. Difficulty playing your instrument or sport as well as you would like

4. Difficulty spending your usual amount of time practising or playing

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