A psychological observation on temporomandibular joint arthrosis using Cornell Medical Index questionnaires

The Cornell medical index in disability evaluation.

The evaluation of persons seeking financial support because of disability due to physical or emotional illness is often difficult. Although definite guidelines have been established to assist in the determination of the degree of impairment from various diseases (Social Security Regulations, 1968) and orthopaedic abnormalities (Committee on Medical Rating of Physical Impairment, 1958), little h...

Cornell Medical Index response as a predictor of mortality.

The medical significance of self-reported symptoms and self-perception of health status has been incompletely studied to date. In most survey studies, self-reported symptoms of medical status are treated as surrogates for the more objective evidence of medical diagnosis or illness behaviour recorded in the files of physicians' offices, hospitals, and insurance programmes. Interview or questionn...

Factors affecting Cornell Medical Index scores of married couples.

Cornell Medical Index score observed among Japanese nursing students.

Purpose of this study was to survey subjective health problems occurring among Japanese nursing students. Data collected with the self-administered Cornell Medical Index Health Questionnaire Japanese version (JCMI) from 102 Japanese first year nursing students were analyzed. The total CMI score (section A-R) ranged from 2-108 with an average of 23.1 (SD = 15.9). The mean CMI for physical (secti...

A clinical study on temporomandibular joint ankylosis.

OBJECTIVE Temporomandibular joint (TMJ) ankylosis results from trauma, infection and inadequate surgical treatment of the condylary area. Many techniques for treatment have been described so far. However, none of them gave uniformly successful results. A limited range of intrinsical opening due to relapse, loss of vertical height of the affected ramus, foreign body reactions and reankylosis are...