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Mr. Jerry Wright
Director, Research Administration
Santa Clara Valley Medical Center

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Citation
Wright, J. (2000). The Glasgow Outcome Scale. The Center for Outcome Measurement in Brain Injury. http://www.tbims.org/
combi/gos ( accessed ).*

*Note: This citation is for the COMBI web material. Mr. Wright is not the scale author for the GOS.

GOS Properties

GOS

DRS

1

30

2

29-22

3

21-8

4

5-3

5

3-0

GOS=3
DRS=8

GOS=3
DRS=21

spontaneous eye opening

eye opening if spoken to

confused x1

no communication

obeys

obeys simple commands

initiates and eats independently

no awareness of feeding

has bladder accidents occasionally

no awareness of how and when to toilet self

initiates and completes grooming

no awareness of grooming

takes care of self partially, needs another person in the home

needs help with all major activities at all times

unemployable

unemployable