introduction: geriatric syndromes lead to a number of disabilities which dramatically affect the quality of life in ageing. facilitating the process of self-care can improve the elder's health to a great extent which has received less attention in previous studies. this study aimed at investigating the relationship between the disability and self-care in the elderly of yazd. methods: this ...

stroke scales can be classified as clinicometric scales and functional impairment, handicap scales. all studies describing stroke scales were reviewed by internet searching engines with the final search performed on january 1, 2013. the following string of keywords was entered into search engines; stroke, scale, score and disability. despite advantages of modified national institute of health s...

OBJECTIVE To investigate concordance between physicians and parents in rating the degree of functional ability of children with juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA). METHODS The attending physician and a parent were asked to rate independently the level of physical functioning of 155 patients with disease duration >/= 5 years on a 6-point scale ranging from 1 = no disability (i.e. the child ca...

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Objectives—The commonly employed outcome measures on disability and relapse rates in treatment trials of relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis have well demonstrated sensitivity to treatment eVects, but their clinical interpretation is problematic. An alternative method of analysis, which is more clinically meaningful and statistically appropriate to a condition with a fluctuating disease cour...

CONTEXT Vision loss is common in the United States and its prevalence increases with age. Visual disability significantly impacts quality of life and increases the risk of injury. Although at least 40% of blindness in the United States is either preventable or treatable with timely diagnosis and intervention, many people with vision loss are undiagnosed and untreated. OBJECTIVE To review the ...

MORE THAK one-sixth of the civilian noninstitutional population of working age were limited in their ability to work because of a chronic health condition or impairment in 1966. A major proportion of the waste of manpower through involuntary nonparticipation in the labor force, unemployment, and underemployment may be attributed to disability. Public income-support programs provided income for ...

OBJECTIVES The commonly employed outcome measures on disability and relapse rates in treatment trials of relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis have well demonstrated sensitivity to treatment effects, but their clinical interpretation is problematic. An alternative method of analysis, which is more clinically meaningful and statistically appropriate to a condition with a fluctuating disease cou...