Salsa Scale
SALSA stands for Screening of Activity Limitation and Safety Awareness and it is a questionnaire that measures activity limitation in peripheral neuropathy (leprosy and diabetes).
It is a cross cultural tool, comprising 20 items of daily activities, related to the three domains of mobility, self care and work. The questionnaire is administered by an interview. It is a subjective tool placing the interviewee at the center presenting how the client himself perceives his functional level.
The SALSA group at Yahoo has been established to give information and facilitate communication between people who use or want to use the SALSA as a clinical tool or in research.
The SALSA Scale is available in the following languages: Bengali (Bangladesh), Bengali (India), Cebuano, Chinese, English, French, Hausa, Hebrew, Hindi, Indonesian, Nepali, Portuguese, Tamil and Yoruba. The scale will be translated into more languages.
Download the Salsa Scale Users Manual
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Van Veen NHJ, Hemo DA, Bowers RL, Pahan D, Negrini JF, Velema JP and Richardus JH. Evaluation of activity limitation and social participation, and the effects of reconstructive surgery in people with disability due to leprosy: a prospective cohort study. Disabil Rehab 2010; Early Online, 1–8.
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Boku N, Lockwood D, Balagon MV, Eleanor F, Pardillo F, Maghanoy A, Mallari IB, Cross H. Impacts of the diagnosis of leprosy and of visible impairments amongst people affected by leprosy in Cebu, the Philippines. Leprosy Review 2010;81(2):111-120.
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Ebenso J, Velema JP. Test-retest reliability of the Screening Activity Limitation and Safety Awareness (SALSA) scale in North-West Nigeria. Lepr Rev 2009; 80 (2): 197-204.
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Ebenso J, Fuzikawa P, Melchior H, Wexler R, Piefer A, Min CS, Rajkumar P, Anderson A, Benbow C, Lehman L, Nicholls P, Saunderson P, & Velema JP (The Salsa Collaborative Study Group). The development of a short questionnaire for screening of activity limitation and safety awareness (SALSA) in clients affected by leprosy or diabetes. Disabil Rehab 2007; 29 (9): 689-700.
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