Sudanese Individuals with Special Need

Assessing patient satisfaction with Sudanese doctors

Dear editor Patients’ satisfaction has long been consideredas an important factor when gauging healthoutcome and quality of care in both developedand developing countries (1) and constitutes asubstantial indicator of the health care quality(2). Researches have shown that satisfiedpatients are more likely to develop a goodrelationship with the health system, leading toimproving compliance, conti...

Facial soft-tissue volumes in adult Northern Sudanese individuals with Down syndrome.

OBJECTIVE To investigate dimensions and ratios of soft-tissue facial volumes of adult Northern Sudanese subjects with Down syndrome by using computerized anthropometric measurements. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PATIENTS The 3D coordinates of soft-tissue facial landmarks were obtained by a computerized digitizer in 26 Northern Sudanese adult subjects with Down syndrome (18 men, 8 women, aged 17-34 ye...

Post-hospital transitions: special considerations for individuals with dementia.

Transitions of care refers to the actions involved in coordinating care for patients as they move through the health care system. The clinical goal during a transition is to communicate the care most-recently received and the needs for aftercare and beyond. Communication across settings and practitioners is paramount, as is the patient’s and family’s understanding of the illnesses and clinical ...

Supporting Individuals with Special Needs through Intelligent Visual Schedules

Interventions to support individuals with cognitive disabilities surrounding the organization of time and activities often include what are known as visual schedules. These artifacts use words, images, and sometimes tangible objects to represent activities that will take place (or have taken place) arranged in temporal order to augment understanding of time, events, and places. Use of visual sc...

Discrepancies in health care funding for individuals with special needs.