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INTRODUCTION:Survivors of critical illness and intensive care unit (ICU) admission may be discharged with new or worsening impairments in physical function, mental health, or cognition, which is recognized as post-intensive care syndrome (PICS). The World Health Organization Disability Assessment Schedule 2.0 (WHODAS 2.0) is an instrument that measures disability by asking questions about functional difficulties within six domains of life. We use the 36-item version, self-administered form of this assessment in our ICU Recovery Clinic after discharge. Patients answer questions on a 5-point scale: 1=no functional difficulty, 2=mild, 3=moderate, 4=severe, and 5=extreme difficulty. This study presents initial WHODAS 2.0 results in our clinic. METHODS:Patients completed the assessment at their initial clinic visit. Summary scores were computed using a "simple scoring" method, and compiled into an excel spreadsheet where medians for raw domain scores were calculated. RESULTS:Thirteen patients completed the assessment of which 7 (54%) were males with a median age of 48 years (interquartile range [IQR] 38.5-71 years). The median scores for each domain were: