OBJECTIVES To examine the mutual influences between changes in work status and multiple dimensions of health outcomes (immediate memory, physical disability, and depressive symptoms) over later years. METHODS We used a subsample of 8,524 older adults who participated in the Health and Retirement Study from 1998 to 2008 and were 62 years or older in 1998 to examine work status and health outco...

The risk of autism spectrum disorder varies by maternal race-ethnicity, immigration status, and birth region. In this retrospective cohort study, Western Australian state registries and a study population of 134 204 mothers enabled us to examine the odds of autism spectrum disorder with intellectual disability in children born from 1994 to 2005 by the aforementioned characteristics. We adjusted...

Background Socio-demographic variables are widely known to have an association with the presence of any disability. However, the association between the severity of locomotor disability and socio-demographic variables has never been investigated in Bangladesh. Methods A cross sectional survey of adults with locomotor disabilities was conducted between December 2010 and February 2011 at the Ce...

background: vitamin b12 (cobalamin) deficiency can result in some clinical and paraclinical characteristics similar to what is seen in multiple sclerosis (ms) patients. this study aimed to evaluate the controversial association between vitamin b12 deficiency and ms. methods: we measured serum vitamin b12 in 60 patients with ms and 38 healthy controls. clinical disability was evaluated according...

The aim of this study was to examine the possible differences in self-reported quality of life of people with physical disabilities with regard to both socio-demographic and disability-related characteristics. Testing was conducted on 153 respondents with physical disabilities, residents of the City of Zagreb. Positive correlations were found between the quality of life and income satisfaction,...

background: disability is the most important determinants of disease course, treatment and rehabilitation outcomes and consequently the quality of life in patients with multiple sclerosis. the aim of the present study was to determine the relationship of disability and quality of life in multiple sclerosis patients.   methods: this cross-sectional study was performed on 325 patients referred to...

BACKGROUND Globally more than a billion people, 15% of the population, lives with disability and most of disabilities are caused by injuries. OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to describe the prevalence of disability and its predictors at 1 and 3 months post-injury in Kashan City during 2014 - 2015. PATIENTS AND METHODS In this longitudinal follow-up study, 400 injured patients 15 - 65 y...

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...

The world will be facing huge population aged 65 and older, accounting for 13% of the total population in the future. Significant disabilities rates reflect an accumulation of health risks. Psychiatry disability is one of the most significant disabilities, because it manifests in cognitive, affective, and behavior disorders that limit one's daily life and restrict their participations. Very few...