Which QVAS threshold is used to classify recovery care?

• A. 3/10 or higher
• B. 4/10 or higher
• C. 5/10 or higher
• D. 2/10 or higher

Answer: (B)

QVAS is a patient-reported 0–10 scale used to gauge recovery progress during rehabilitation, with higher scores indicating better status. The threshold set at four out of ten is used to classify recovery care because it represents a minimal but meaningful level of improvement that supports moving the patient into recovery-focused management rather than staying in more intensive or acute care. This cut-off helps clinicians balance sensitivity and specificity in triaging care: scores at or above four suggest enough progress to warrant recovery-oriented care, while scores below four indicate the need for continued or different levels of treatment. A lower threshold (like two) would over-label people as in recovery care, and a higher threshold (like five) might delay necessary recovery-focused management for some patients.