BACKGROUND Individuals claiming a disability benefit after long-term sickness absence, have to undergo medical disability assessments. These assessments, often carried out by specialized physicians, can be complicated by wrong expectations or defensive attitudes of disability benefit claimants. It is hypothesized that empowerment of these claimants will enhance the physician-patient relationshi...

The relationship between military absenteeism and mental health problems has been noted; however, factors affecting military absenteeism by enlisted personnel have not been studied systematically. In a medical center in Taiwan, we performed a chart review of 26 forensic psychiatric evaluations of enlisted personnel who were absent without leave (AWOL) or deserted their service from 1994 to 2014...

BACKGROUND The uptake of evidence in practice by physicians, even if they are trained in the systematic method of evidence-based medicine (EBM), remains difficult to improve. The aim of this study was to explore perceptions and experiences of physicians doing disability evaluations regarding motivators and preconditions for the implementation of EBM in daily practice. METHODS This qualitative...

Although dyskinesia is a frequent and important problem in Parkinson's disease (PD), a reliable assessment measure has not been thoroughly developed and tested. We modified the Obeso dyskinesia scale to create an objective rating scale for dyskinesia assessment during activities of daily living. Thirteen physicians and 15 study coordinators involved in a clinical trial independently reviewed vi...

Individual differences in intelligence are consistently associated with leader performance, including the assessed performance of presidents of the United States. Given this empirical significance, IQ scores were estimated for all 42 chief executives from George Washington to G. W. Bush. The scores were obtained by applying missing-values estimation methods (expectation-maximization) to publish...

[Purpose] To investigate the correlation of functional balance with the functional performance of children with cerebral palsy. [Subjects and Methods] This was a cross-sectional study of children with cerebral palsy with mild to moderate impairment. The children were divided into 3 groups based on motor impairment. The evaluation consisted of the administration of the Pediatric Balance Scale (P...

trauma is a common cause of death and disability in children. proper approach to pediatric trauma involves adherence to abcde sequence in the primary survey and resuscitation in order to promptly recognize and manage life-threatening conditions immediately. this readily reviewed sequence includes a: establishment and maintenance of a patent airway while maintaining cervical spine immobilization...

XIX EUMASS Congress 2012 JA 1 VALIDATION OF THE EUMASS CORE SET IN SOCIAL INSURANCE Jessica ANNER, Søren BRAGE, Peter DONCEEL, Fredy FALEZ, Corina OANCEA, Ruediger FREUDENSTEIN, Thomas ZUMBRUNN, Wout DE BOER 1 asim, Academy of Swiss Insurance Medicine, University Hospital Basel, Switzerland 2 Department of General Practice and Community Medicine, University of Oslo, Norway 3 Occupational, Envir...