BACKGROUND Medical evaluations of work capacity provide key information for decisions on a claimant's eligibility for disability benefits. In recent years, the evaluations have been increasingly criticized for low transparency and poor standardization. The International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) provides a comprehensive spectrum of categories for reporting funct...

objective: the present study aimed to evaluate the effect of parenting education on improvement of reading and writing disabilities in children. methods: a randomized controlled trial was done on primary school students with reading and writing disabilities and their mothers. the subjects were divided into three groups with 26 members in each group. the first group (mothers’ education group) re...

BACKGROUND Medical work capacity evaluations play a key role in social security schemes because they usually form the basis for eligibility decisions regarding disability benefits. However, the evaluations are often poorly standardized and lack transparency as decisions on work capacity are based on a claimant's disease rather than on his or her functional capacity. A comprehensive and consiste...

• The Women’s Health and Aging Study (WHAS) began in 1992 to study the causes and the course of disability in moderately to severely disabled older women living in the community. • The WHAS is a population-based longitudinal study of women with at least mild disability, 65 years of age or older, living at home in eastern Baltimore city or county. • 1002 women agreed to participate and provided ...

OBJECTIVES  To explore agreement among healthcare professionals assessing eligibility for work disability benefits. DESIGN  Systematic review and narrative synthesis of reproducibility studies. DATA SOURCES  Medline, Embase, and PsycINFO searched up to 16 March 2016, without language restrictions, and review of bibliographies of included studies. ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA  Observational studie...

Basic knowledge needed by clinicians for treating work incapacity and performing effective impairment and disability evaluations includes an awareness of the distinction between impairment and disability, the regulations of specific disability systems, familiarity with the impairment rating process, and a sensitivity to the social and legal contexts of disability. The health care provider willi...

abstract   background: low back pain (lbp) is still a medical problem in 21 st century. having back pain and being disabled by it are not the same thing. it is common to come across with patients who have simple back pain but surprisingly totally disabled and vice versa. in clinical practice, it is important to have a proper evaluation of disability and making a clear distinction between pain a...

Objective: This study was conducted to investigate the effect of smartphone use on neck pain and disability among university students who exercise regularly.
 Materials Methods: Hundred forty (M: 60 F: 80) between ages 18-30 years were included in study. Participants divided into two groups as those with regular habits (Group I) without II). Participants' information such age, gender, habi...