Disability Wellbeing Index (DWI)
The DWI was developed as a person-centred outcome measure of wellbeing for people with disability that aimed to reflect their views on what is important in life. It was designed to be a valid and sensitive outcome measure that could be used to monitor outcomes, evaluate the comparative performance of programs and providers, provide information to allow better choices, and promote the use of those services and supports that provide the best value for money.
Launch of the Disability Wellbeing Index
Watch the video, slide-show or read the whole transcript of the event.
To access a PowerPoint version of the slideshow, please email us at dwi@monash.edu.
Key highlights
The Disability Wellbeing Index (DWI) is a measure of outcomes for adults and young people (aged 15 years and above) with a disability, based on what those outcomes mean to them in terms of their personal wellbeing.
The items in the DWI were chosen, after extensive consultation with stakeholders and people with a disability to create a valid but concise 14-item index.
The DWI is designed to measure the value of changes in the average outcomes from programs of services and supports across different cohorts of people with a disability.
Further psychometric testing are encouraged to improve DWI implementations in different cohorts.