BACKGROUND 'No evidence of disease activity' (NEDA), a composite measure of clinical and magnetic resonance imaging outcomes, provides a comprehensive assessment of disease activity, but is not extensively reported in clinical practice. NEDA-3 is defined as patients with no new/enlarged T2 or gadolinium-enhancing lesions, no relapses, and no disability progression (according to Expanded Disabil...

Fear-avoidance beliefs have been identified as an important psychosocial variable in patients with chronic disability doe to low back pain. The importance of fear-avoidance beliefs for individuals with acute low back pain has not been explored. Seventy-eight subjects with workrelated low back pain of less than 3 weeks’duration were studied. Measurements of pain intensity, physical impairment, d...

BACKGROUND People of low socioeconomic status have worse health and a higher probability of being granted a disability pension than people of high socioeconomic status. It is also known that public and private general physicians and public and private specialists have varying practices for issuing sick leave certificates (which, if longstanding, may become the basis of disability pensions). How...

BACKGROUND The prevalence of disability shows a high geographical variability and the identification of factors that could explain these variations can be useful to the heath and social welfare planning. Here the analysis of disability variations among autonomous regions in Spain is made taking into account individual and geographical setting factors together. METHODS Data come from the Spani...

Objective: The present study examined the role of social support in protecting against disability among older people residing in Poldasht, West Azerbaijan Province, Iran in 2018. Methods: This cross-sectional study was undertaken on 305 older adults who were selected by random sampling method. The World Health Organization Standardized Disability Scale (WHODASS2) and Multidimensional Scale of ...

BACKGROUND Individuals with disabilities are a health disparity population with high rates of risk factors, lower overall health status, and greater health care costs. The interacting effect of employment, health and disability has not been reported in the research. OBJECTIVE This study examined the relationship of employment to health and quality of life among people with disabilities. MET...

The counties of Wales were examined and relationships sought between the socioeconomic status and the per caput expenditure on health and social services by each county, the services provided for the elderly and their outcome measured as a standardised mortality ratio and a simple measure of long-term disability. Counties with a high socioeconomic status provided more residential services, thos...

BACKGROUND The prevalence of chronic diseases and their risk factors in different general populations are well documented, but little is known about disabled populations in China. AIMS The purpose of this study is to report available data on the medical profile of disabled persons living in Zhabei District, Shanghai, Mainland China. It also aimed to explore the association between any medical...

CONTEXT The relationship between psychiatric symptoms and disability in refugee survivors of mass violence is not known. OBJECTIVE To determine if risk factors, such as demographics, trauma, health status, and psychiatric illness, are associated with disability in Bosnian refugees. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS Cross-sectional survey conducted in 1996 of Bosnian refugee adults living in...

BACKGROUND Prevalence of disability depends on when a person becomes disabled (disability incidence) and when he or she dies (mortality). Multistate projection models can take into account both underlying processes of disability prevalence. The application of these models, however, is often hampered by high data requirements. OBJECTIVE This paper describes a generic estimation procedure for cal...