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Table 1 Cut-offs used to identify persons with mild, moderate, and severe disability. “Score” refers to the performance metric score. “Mean” refers to sample mean of the given score. “1SD” refers to one standard deviation of the given score

From: Generating comprehensive functioning and disability data worldwide: development process, data analyses strategy and reliability of the WHO and World Bank Model Disability Survey

Level of disability

Cut-off

No

Score < Mean – 1SD or Score = 0

Mild

Mean – 1SD < Score < Mean

Moderate

Mean < Score < Mean + 1SD

Severe

Score ≥ Mean + 1SD