The Cornell medical index in disability evaluation.

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...

Evaluation of the psoriasis disability index in psoriatic patients

Background and aim: Psoriasis is a dermatologic disease which not only involves the patient physically, but also affects patient's quality of life. Due to its life time duration and psychologic burden, we decided to evaluate patient's quality of life using psoriasis disability index (PDI). Materials and methods: From August 2006 till March 2007, 80 patients referring to Imam-Reza dermatology cl...

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...

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...