PRWE Score
Original Editor Aarti Sareen
Introduction[edit | edit source]
PRWE is the Patient Rated Wrist Evaluation.The PRWE is a 15-item questionnaire designed to measure wrist pain and disability in activities of daily living. Developed in 1998 for clinical assessment and is used for specific wrist problems.
The PRWE allows patients to rate their levels of wrist pain and disability from 0 to 10, and consists of 2 subscales:
Objectives[edit | edit source]
- To determine level of wrist disability
- To set treatment goals
- To determine whether change has occurred
- To communicate in a meaningful way to payers
Scoring[edit | edit source]
There are 3 steps to score PRWE
Step 1: Measure the pain score of all 5 items
Step 2: Measure the function score of all the 10 items
Step 3: Add pain and function score.
