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Evaluation of a disability-inclusive ultra-poor graduation programme in Uganda: study protocol for a cluster-randomised controlled trial with process evaluation
BackgroundThere is little evidence on how to support ultra-poor people with disabilities to adopt sustainable livelihoods. The Disability-Inclusive...
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Leadership in intellectual disability practice: design, development, and evaluation of a programme to support practice
BackgroundIntellectual disability services have and continue to experience changes in service provision. This has an implication for leadership in...
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Psychometric evaluation of the WHODAS 2.0 and prevalence of disability in a Swedish general population
BackgroundThe World Health Organization Disability Assessment Schedule (WHODAS 2.0) is a generic questionnaire that captures health and...
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Muscle Evaluation and Hospital-Associated Disability in Acute Hospitalized Older Adults
ObjectivesWe aimed to examine the association of muscle evaluation, including muscle ultrasound, with hospital-associated disability (HAD), focusing...
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Disability prevalence: comparing four types of disability measures in the community
BackgroundThere is no general consensus on how to measure disability and disability prevalence rates. The results of previous estimates could not be...
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Evaluation of the Accuracy of the Smart Work Injury Management (SWIM) System to Assist Case Managers in Predicting the Work Disability of Injured Workers
PurposeMany countries have developed clinical decision-making support tools, such as the smart work injury management (SWIM) system in Hong Kong, to...
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Deciphering Intellectual Disability
Intellectual disability (ID) is a common cause of referral to the pediatricians, geneticists, and pediatric neurologists. A thorough clinical...
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The perceived importance of prognostic aspects considered by physicians during work disability evaluation: a survey
BackgroundAssessing prognosis is challenging for many physicians in various medical fields. Research shows that physicians who perform disability...
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Ethics of Managing an Adolescent Living with Disability
An ethical challenge arose when the parents of an adolescent girl living with severe intellectual disability requested for a permanent surgical...
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Cognitive frailty and its association with disability among Chinese community-dwelling older adults: a cross-sectional study
BackgroundThere are a variety of determinants that are key to functional disability of older adults. However, little is known regarding the...
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Criteria for Determining Hearing Disability: A Narrative Review of Global Perspective
Hearing loss is a highly prevalent condition worldwide, affecting over 5% of the global population. Determining disability and eligibility for...
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Training for Supervisors to Improve Sustainable Employment of Employees with a work Disability: A Longitudinal Effect and Process Evaluation from an Intervention Study with Matched Controls
PurposeSupervisors play a crucial role in sustainable employment of employees with a work disability. The ‘Mentorwijs’ (literal translation:...
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Specific cognitive and psychological alterations are more strongly linked to increased migraine disability than chronic migraine diagnosis
IntroductionThe efficiency of The International Classification of Headache Disorders (ICHD-3) in reflecting patients’ disability has recently been...
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Time-Dependent Deep Learning Prediction of Multiple Sclerosis Disability
The majority of deep learning models in medical image analysis concentrate on single snapshot timepoint circumstances, such as the identification of...
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Co-development of a training programme on disability for healthcare workers in Uganda
BackgroundApproximately 1.3 billion people worldwide face barriers in accessing inclusive healthcare due to disabilities, leading to worse health...
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Integration of the expanded disability status scale with ambulation, visual and cognitive tests
IntroductionThe Expanded Disability Status Scale (EDSS) is usually calculated through a neurological examination with self-reported performance. This...
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Association of serum uric acid with functional disability in older subjects: a population-based study
BackgroundThe role of serum uric acid (SUA) in the development of adverse health outcomes in advanced age is still uncertain.
AimsThe aim of the...
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Pain intensity, physical activity, quality of life, and disability in patients with mechanical low back pain: a cross-sectional study
BackgroundPoorly managed mechanical low back pain (MLBP) and its sequelae, such as severe pain, physical inactivity, and disability, negatively...
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Evaluation of health related quality of life with the use of Oswestry disability index in degenerative discogenic low back pain
BackgroundIntervertebral disc degeneration (IVD) is a main underlying cause for low back pain (LBP). Oswestry Disability Index (ODI) is a valuable...
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Delivery and evaluation of simulations to promote authentic and meaningful engagement in childhood disability research
BackgroundIn 2019, our interdisciplinary team of researchers, family members, and youth co-designed four simulation training videos and accompanying...