نتایج جستجو برای: disability status
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With the approval of the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health by the World Health Assembly in May 2001, the concurrent use of both health-status measures and the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health is expected. It is therefore important to understand the relationship between these two concepts. The objective of this paper is to provid...
OBJECTIVES To evaluate long term change in impairment, disability, and health related functional status in patients with severe spasticity who received intrathecal baclofen. METHODS A long term (more than five years) observational longitudinal follow up study assessing 21 patients who received intrathecal baclofen given by programmable pump. Patients had chronic disabling spasticity which did...
BACKGROUND Progression in disability as measured by increase in the Expanded Disability Status Scale (EDSS) is commonly used as outcome variable in clinical trials concerning multiple sclerosis (MS). In this study, we addressed the question, whether there is a linear relationship between disability status and health related quality of life (HRQOL) in MS. METHODS 7305 MS patients were sent a q...
Study objectives—There are few data describing disability and health status for ethnic groups. The disablement process involves social influences, which may include minority status. Cross sectional data were examined to investigate the relation of ethnicity to disability. Design—A stratified random digit dialled sample of women aged 40 and older. Disability and health status were measured as fu...
Currently pathological and illness-centric policy surrounds the evaluation of the health status of a person experiencing disability. In this research partnerships were built between disability service providers, community development organizations and disability arts organizations to build a translational evaluative methodology prior to implementation of an arts-based workshop that was embedded...
BACKGROUND Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is the most common disabling neurological disease. Hand dysfunction is one of the main complaints of patients with MS. The present study aimed to compare hand dexterity of MS patients with low Expanded Disability Status Scale (EDSS) scores and healthy adults. It also sought to identify the predictors of disability status of patients with MS based on their manu...
AIM To compare the Health Status Questionnaire with established methods of assessing disability in preterm and very low birthweight infants. METHOD All survivors of gestational age <31 weeks or birth weight <1500 g, born in 1994 to women resident in Wales were identified. Assessments were by a single observer at a median corrected age of 28.3 months and included the Health Status Questionnair...
Previous studies have shown a preferential loss of grey matter in fronto-temporal regions in patients with multiple sclerosis. Studies of correlates of disease severity are more controversial, because some studies have suggested an association between sensorimotor cortex atrophy and Expanded Disability Status Scale score, while others did not find such a correlation. The objective of this study...
In recent years the longer working lives and the postponing of the retirement age have been topics of extensive discussion in Finland. Disability pensions play an important role in this debate. Working lives will lengthen if the incidence of disability retirement diminishes. Efficient actions can be focused on preventing disability retirement, if the groups at risk of disability retirement are ...
Objective: Reading is an indispensable skill. The study investigated the effects of music therapy on reading skills pupils with intellectual disability. Methods: An experimental research design was used. sample purposively selected from two special schools for disability in Ibadan, Nigeria. Seventeen were randomly assigned to groups (music and control groups). Eighteen sessions conducted group ...
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