OBJECTIVE To develop a handicap measurement scale in a self completion questionnaire format, with scale weights allowing quantification of handicap at an interval level of measurement. DESIGN Adaptation of the International Classification of Impairments, Disabilities and handicaps into a practical questionnaire incorporating the dimensions of handicap mobility, occupation, physical independen...

^ailliere Tindall and Russell, 45s. the author points out, probably ^ore time and energy have been sPent over the past 100 years in e*ploring why some individuals are ^ntally defective than in investigating their training and treatment, 'his book provides a critical review present methods of educating training the mentally handi

The assessment of the prevalence of disease has been accepted as an integral part of the activities of public health. In order to assess such prevalence, tools for measuring the degree as well as the absence or presence become essential. One of the most common tools employed has been the disease-index. In dental public health, the absolute prevalence of malocclusion still remains unknown. Many ...