AIM Some psychometric properties may predict the development of failed back surgery syndrome (FBSS). The aim of this study was to determine the pain, disability, and depression severity in patients diagnosed with FBSS, and to determine the temperament and character subgroups in comparison with control group. MATERIAL AND METHODS Thirty-eight patients diagnosed with FBSS, and 35 patients with ...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Handicap, although more relevant to the patient than impairment or disability, has received little attention in people with stroke. The aim of this study was to identify, in an unselected population, factors determining handicap at 2 years after stroke. METHODS All first-ever cases of stroke in a population of 306 631 over a 1-year period were assessed. Stroke severity,...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the role of intervening hospital admissions on trajectories of disability in the last year of life. DESIGN Prospective cohort study. SETTING Greater New Haven, Connecticut, United States, from March 1998 to June 2013. PARTICIPANTS 552 decedents from a cohort of 754 community living people, aged 70 years or older, who were initially non-disabled in four essential acti...

OBJECTIVE Rage attacks have been documented in youth with varied psychiatric disorders, but few data have been reported on the clinical characteristics and correlates of rage attacks among children with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). METHOD Participants were 86 children (ages 6-16 years) with a primary diagnosis of OCD. Patients and their primary caregiver were administered clinician-ra...

The study was conducted on two hundred patients ranging in age from 40 to 70 years with established osteoarthritis knee to examine the association of quadriceps strength with pain and disability of knee osteoarthritis. In addition the relationships between various components of health related fitness, pain, effusion and disability were also examined in the present study. Quadriceps strength see...

IMPORTANCE Despite the prevalence and the functional, psychological, and economic impact of chronic pain, few intervention studies of treatment of chronic pain in veterans have been performed. OBJECTIVE To determine whether a stepped-care intervention is more effective than usual care, as hypothesized, in reducing pain-related disability, pain interference, and pain severity. DESIGN, SETTIN...

BACKGROUND Multidisciplinary rehabilitation programmes can improve physical functioning and help patients with long-term pain back to work. Little is known, however, of the extent to which such rehabilitation also affects life satisfaction, pain severity, and disability. We wanted to evaluate if a 5-week rehabilitation programme for patients with long-term pain improves life satisfaction and de...