Screening Activity Limitation and Safety Awareness Scale (SALSA)

Original Editor - Redisha jakibanjar

Top Contributors - Kim Jackson and Redisha Jakibanjar  

Objective[1][edit | edit source]

  • Identify persons with activity limitation.
  • Assess the extent of Activity Limitation and the risk of increasing impairment.
  • Target people affected by leprosy, diabetes or other peripheral neuropathies
  • Be applicable world-wide.
  • Be used in combination with “Impairment” and “Participation-Restriction”4 tools in order to measure disablement from a holistic point of view.
  • Provide a means to measure the results of interventions whose goal is to improve function and/or self care.

Intended Population[1][edit | edit source]

People affected by

  • Leprosy
  • Diabetes and
  • Other peripheral neuropathies in both low-income and developed areas.

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References[edit | edit source]

  1. 1.0 1.1 SALSA Collaborative Study Group. SALSA scale (Screening Activity Limitation and Safety Awareness): users manual. Available from : file:///C:/Users/Redisha%20jakibanjar/Desktop/SALSA%20manual%20v1.1pdf_0.pdf