Prognosis in Patients With Transient Ischemic A ttacks • The prognosis on 144 patients with transient ischemic attacks was determined over a minimum period of three years by quantitating, at intervals, the number of attacks and also the neurological disability by means of a disability score. No patients had neurological disability at the initiation of the study. Total cervicocephalic angiograph...

One hundred fourteen patients (66 men and 48 women; mean age, 49 years) underwent spine stabilization using a dynamic neutralization system between January 1999 and August 2010 for degenerative disk disease, spinal instability, or spinal stenosis. Mean follow-up was 6.8 years (range, 1-11 years). Seven patients were lost to follow-up. Radiological examination and clinical evaluation, including ...

BACKGROUND The adverse impact of a high somatic symptom burden is well established for primary care and other noncancer populations with chronic medical disorders. METHODS This study examines the impact of somatic symptom burden on disability and health care use in patients with cancer experiencing pain, depression, or both. We performed secondary analyses of baseline data from 405 patients w...

PURPOSE To validate the Sumi Visual Disability Questionnaire (Sumi VDQ) to estimate visual disability in glaucoma patients using Rasch analysis. METHODS A total of 162 glaucoma patients underwent visual field (VF) testing in both eyes (Humphrey 24-2 Swedish Interactive Threshold Algorithm [SITA] standard program). The binocular VF was then calculated using the integrated VF (IVF) method. Visu...

OBJECTIVE Information from successive inception cohorts is needed to monitor the long-term prognosis of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and the effect of treatment on it. We studied work disability and its association with the Health Assessment Questionnaire (HAQ) index and the Larsen score of radiographic damage. METHODS Work disability was recorded at onset and at 1, 3, 8, 15 and 20 yr from entry...

OBJECTIVE To explore relationships between shoulder complaints after neck dissection, shoulder disability, and quality of life. To find clinical predictors for mid- to long-term shoulder disability. STUDY DESIGN Prospective. PATIENTS AND METHODS Shoulder pain, shoulder mobility, and shoulder droop, as well as scores on shoulder disability questionnaire and RAND-36 (quality of life), were me...

objectives: measuring outcomes of intervention is one of the most important components of occupational therapy process. the disabilities of arm, shoulder and hand (dash) questionnaire is a valid and reliable instrument to measure outcomes of the occupational therapy services in the area of hand therapy. the study aims to measure outcomes from interventions of hand therapy in patients with the c...

BACKGROUND For persons with multiple sclerosis (MS) it is important to preserve their autonomy, in spite of increasing disability. A major factor mediating autonomy is self-efficacy. According to the social cognitive theory stressors are crucial determinants of self-efficacy, as well as the interaction with partners. METHODS In an explorative observational study we assessed in 47 persons with...