Research Article

WHODAS 2.0 as a Measure of Severity of Illness: Results of a FLDA Analysis

Table 1

Diagnoses of total sample.

Mental and behavioural diagnosesPercent

Schizophrenia2414
Delusional disorder74.09
Unspecified nonorganic psychosis42.33
Schizoaffective disorders52.92
Schizotypal disorder10.58

Bipolar affective disorder127.01
Depressive episode84.67
Dysthymia84.67

Adjustment disorders105.84
Mixed anxiety and depressive disorder137.60
Panic disorder10.58
Specific (isolated) phobias21.16
Agoraphobia10.58
Dissociative disorders10.58
Obsessive-compulsive disorder10.58
Hypochondriacal disorder10.58
Posttraumatic stress disorder10.58
Somatoform disorders21.16
Neurasthenia10.58

Mental and behavioural disorders due to use of alcohol95.26
Mental and behavioural disorders due to use of cannabinoids74.09
Mental and behavioural disorders due to use of cocaine31.75
Mental and behavioural disorders due to use of opioid10.58
Mental and behavioural disorders due to use of sedatives or hypnotics10.58
Pathological gambling10.58

Personality disorder158.77
Anorexia nervosa21.16
Disturbance of activity and attention84.67
Mild mental retardation10.58
Sexual dysfunction, not caused by organic disorder or disease21.16

Other diseasesPercent

Essential (primary) hypertension31.75
Human immunodeficiency virus [HIV] disease21.16
Malignant neoplasm of breast21.16
Angina pectoris10.58
Diabetes Mellitus10.58
Generalized pain10.58
Hearing loss, unspecified10.58
Hypothyroidism21.16
Thalassaemia10.58
Chronic hepatitis10.58
Diabetes polyneuropathy10.58
Chronic prostatitis10.58
Dizziness10.58