According to Wilson (1), ‘‘. . . any plausible unifying theory that seeks to marry longevity, functional disability, and health perception must involve political, social, cultural, psychological, and economic factors.’’ On the contrary, Fries (2) states: ‘‘A general theory of biological aging . . . needs to precede a general theory of population aging, which then could be derived from it, and i...

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A D D R E S S Correspondence should be addressed to: G R E G O RY O ’ B R I E N , Professor of Developmental Psychiatry, University of Northumbria, Northgate Hospital, Morpeth NE61 3BP, UK. e-mail: [email protected]

BACKGROUND Modern medicine has increased the survival rate for stroke patients; however, the patient's psychosocial adaptation after stroke onset may be related to the clinical outcomes. This study aimed to investigate patients' acceptance of disability (AOD) and its predictors in stroke patients. METHODS This cross-sectional study used a purposive sampling method to recruit 175 stroke patien...

The Longitudinal Study on Aging (LSOA) and the National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) are used to examine change in the prevalence of disability from 1982 through 1993 for persons 70 years of age and over. Changes in the likelihood of becoming disabled and the likelihood of recovering from disability also are investigated with the LSOA. There is some evidence for improving disability status am...

Evaluations of competency to stand trial (CST) in defendants with mental retardation or borderline intellectual functioning can be difficult when deficits are masked by the type of adaptations seen in many with developmental disabilities. Accordingly, many evaluators have used validated test instruments, such as the CAST*MR (Competence Assessment to Stand Trial for Defendants with Mental Retard...

BACKGROUND Identification of the underlying cause of intellectual disability (ID) is important as it improves genetic counselling, management, adaptation; yet its etiologic heterogeneity is challenging and often leads to an expensive work-up. METHODS To improve this diagnostic trajectory, the multidisciplinary Complex Diagnostic Clinic (CDC) was established for ID patients with unexplained co...

INTRODUCTION Currently, there is no consensus on dementia diagnostics in adults with intellectual disabilities (ID). There are three types of assessments available: direct cognitive tests, test batteries, and informant reports. METHODS A systematic literature search was conducted in four databases yielding 9840 records. Relevant studies were identified and selected using predefined inclusion ...

BACKGROUND Health Authorities seeking to make appropriate investments in health care require information about the nature of the burden of disease in their populations. The World Bank instrument called DALY-Disability Adjusted Life Year-has been used in the South and West Region to measure this burden. METHOD The burden of disease caused by a selection of diseases has been calculated using DA...

The purpose of this study is to analyze the development of the evaluations process by those professionals who carry out evaluations with regard to functional diversity. This evaluative research is conducted with a mixed approach that combines qualitative and quantitative data collection and data analysis techniques. The sample consists of 108 professionals from 31 institutions dedicated to adul...