Complex population projections usually use microsimulation models; in Canada, Statistics Canada has developed a global dynamic microsimulation model named LifePaths in the Modgen programming language to be used in policy research. LifePaths provides a platform to build on for our research program, conjointly with Dr Janice Keefe from Mount Saint Vincent University, on projections of the Canadia...

BACKGROUND Low socioeconomic status is a known risk factor for disability pension, and is also associated with health problems. To what degree health problems can explain the increased risk of disability pension award associated with low socioeconomic status is not known. METHODS Information on 15,067 participants in the Hordaland Health Study was linked to a comprehensive national registry o...

In the study described herein, we investigated and explored the association between wealth inequality and the risk of mental disability in the Chinese population. We used nationally represented, population-based data from the second China National Sample Survey on Disability, conducted in 2006. A total of 1,724,398 study subjects between the ages of 15 and 64, including 10,095 subjects with men...

BACKGROUND WHO Disability Assessment Schedule 2.0 (WHODAS 2.0) is a feasible tool for assessing functional disability and analysing the risk of institutionalisation among elderly patients with dementia. However, the data for the effect of education on disability status in patients with dementia is lacking. The aim of this large-scale, population-based study was to analyse the effect of educatio...

Background: Similar to developed countries, aging is increased in India. Because of the epidemiology and demographic transition phase, chronic diseases and disabilities along with health costs are increasing day by day. As social factors and chronic diseases are the major reasons for geriatric disability, the present study was done with the following objectives: to assess and compare the socio-...

results the average age of patients was 34.1 ± 14.6 year. in total 86.4% of the participants were male, 78.6% lived in urban areas, 87.1% were iranian, and 58.6% were employed. a total of 62.1% of trauma patient injuries were traffic related injuries and most of them (75%) were motor cycle accidents. a total of 79.3% of patients had injuries in the extremities with other injuries as follows: he...

OBJECTIVE To assess and compare the oral hygiene and periodontal status among children with Poliomyelitis having upper limb disability, lower limb disability and both upper and lower disability at Udaipur city, Rajasthan, India. STUDY DESIGN Total sample comprised of 344 Poliomyelitis children (upper limb disability: 33.4%; lower limb disability: 33.7%; both upper and lower limb disability: 3...

OBJECTIVE We aimed to investigate associations between work disability and illness perceptions, over and above medical assessment and self-reported health. METHODS A representative sample of people aged 15-64 years with various chronic physical diseases was derived from the Panel of Patients with Chronic Diseases in the Netherlands. In this group, 189 patients were fully work-disabled and 363...