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Assessment of Functional Impairment in Compensation and Pension Examinations Brian P. Marx, PhD National Center for PTSD VA Boston Healthcare System and Boston University School of Medicine

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Assessment of Functional Impairment in Compensation and Pension

Examinations

Brian P. Marx, PhD

National Center for PTSD

VA Boston Healthcare System and

Boston University School of Medicine

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Objectives

1) Understand how PTSD impacts

functioning

2) Describe best practices for assessing

mental disorder-related functional

impairment

3) Discuss limitations of the GAF

4) Compare measures that assess

functioning, including the WHODAS 2

5) Describe results from a recent study

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PTSD and Functional

Impairment

• PTSD related to impairment in multiple

domains

• PTSD avoidance/numbing symptoms of

particular relevance

• Subthreshold PTSD is associated with

impaired functioning

Schnurr et al. (2008)

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VA/DoD 2010 Clinical Practice

Guideline Recommendations

• Consistent with NCPTSD guidelines for PTSD C&P

exams

• Use evidence-based tools to assess functional

impairment

• Multi-method approach

• Self-report, Interview

• Objective records

• Observer ratings

• examinee narrative

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C&P Examiner Practices

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CAPS SCID FI Scales Any Testing

Yes

No

Jackson et al., 2011

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C&P Examiner Beliefs

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Qual. Maling.Detect.

Qual. Overall Int. Nec. Test. Nec.

Yes

No

Jackson et al. 2011

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Global Assessment of

Functioning (GAF)

• Included in prior versions of DSM

• Clinician Rating from 0-100

• Important limitations

• unreliable, never meant to assess

functioning in PTSD, single item measure,

confounds symptoms and functioning

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IOM Findings

• IOM committee findings on the GAF

• Deficiencies in existing measures of

functional impairment

• No obvious replacement for GAF

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Existing Measures of Functional

Impairment

• Short Form Health Survey

(36) (SF-36)

• Social Adjustment Scale

• Sickness Impact Profile

• Sheehan Disability Scale

• Quality of Well-Being Scale

• Self-Rated Disability Scale

• Social Functioning Quest.

• UCLA Social Attainment

Scale

• Inventory of Psychosocial

Functioning (IPF)

• World Health Organization

Disability Assessment Scale

2 (WHODAS 2)

• Social and Occupational

Functioning Scale (SOFAS)

• Longitudinal Interval Follow-

up valuation – Range

Impaired Functioning Tool

(LIFE-RIFT)

• Disability Profile

• Patient Reported Outcome

Measurement Information

System (PROMIS)

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Caveats for existing scales

• Resource intensive/require training

• Difficult scoring

• Require license for use

• Too narrow or brief

• Confound symptoms and functioning

• Focus on physical impairments

• Respondents asked to make causal

attribution

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DSM-5

• Multiaxial system is now defunct

• GAF (previously on Axis V) now

dropped from DSM-5

• DSM-5 now includes the WHODAS 2

for further study

• The definition of “mental disorder” still

includes “the disturbance causes

clinically significant distress or

impairment…”.

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WHODAS 2

• Mirrors ICF system

• DSM-5 recommends

• Self report and

interview versions

• 12 item or 36 items

• Self and Proxy

versions

• Computer assisted

version available

• Widely used

• 5 point scale

• Assesses numerous

domains

• Cognition

• Mobility

• Self care

• Getting along

• Life activities

• Participation in

society

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Inventory of Psychosocial

Functioning (IPF)

• 80-item self-report

measure

• Current (past month)

functioning

• Various scoring

possibilities

• 7-item brief version

available

• For problems related to

psychiatric disturbance

• Domains assessed:

intimate partner

relationships, parenting,

extended family,

socializing and

friendships, work,

education and training,

self-care

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Enhancing Equitable and

Effective PTSD Disability

Assessment (E3 PTSD)

• Compare the process and outcomes of

initial PTSD C&P exam with CAPS and

WHODAS 2 vs. exams without the

CAPS and WHODAS 2

• Interested in quality, consistency, cost,

implementation feasibility

Speroff et al., 2012

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E3 PTSD Design

• Cluster, randomized controlled trial

conducted at 6 VA medical centers

• Randomization was at the level of the

clinician

• Two examiner groups (CAPS/WHODAS

2 vs. AAU)

• The reference standard was NC PTSD

expert diagnosis

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Completeness of Functional

Assessment

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100

Completeness of the Functional Assessment

Interview

Standardized non-Standaridized

76%

3%

Speroff et al., 2012

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Rates of Unable to Determine

for Functional Domains

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Speroff et al., 2012

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Correlations

GAF WHODAS IPF PTSD

SC%

GAF -.45 -.45 -.57

WHODAS .62 .27

IPF .34

ps < .01

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Comparisons between Service Connected for PTSD

and Non Service Connected on the GAF and WHODAS

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GAF WHODAS IPF

Approved

Denied

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Summary

• PTSD associated with impairment

• VA/DoD Guidelines suggest

comprehensive assessment

• GAF problematic

• Numerous available measures, including

WHODAS 2, each with their own strengths

and limitations

• Standardized assessment makes a

difference

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For further information

• VA intranet

• ptsd.va.gov

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Thank You!

(U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Cecilio Ricardo)