Browsing HMS Scholarly Articles by Keyword "Disability"
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Attitudes, beliefs, and perceptions of caregivers and rehabilitation providers about disabled children’s sleep health: a qualitative study
(BioMed Central, 2014)Background: Children with disabilities are more likely to have sleep disturbances than children without disabilities. Identifying attitudes, beliefs, knowledge, and perceptions of caregivers and health professionals is ... -
Brain MRI lesions and atrophy are associated with employment status in patients with multiple sclerosis
(Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2015)Multiple sclerosis (MS) commonly affects occupational function. We investigated the link between brain MRI and employment status. Patients with MS (n = 100) completed a Work Productivity and Activity Impairment (WPAI) ... -
Days out-of-role due to common physical and mental health problems: Results from the São Paulo Megacity Mental Health Survey, Brazil
(Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo, 2013)OBJECTIVES: To investigate the relative importance of common physical and mental disorders with regard to the number of days out-of-role (DOR; number of days for which a person is completely unable to work or carry out ... -
Prevalence of Frailty and Aging-Related Health Conditions in Older Koreans in Rural Communities: a Cross-Sectional Analysis of the Aging Study of Pyeongchang Rural Area
(The Korean Academy of Medical Sciences, 2016)Frailty has been previously studied in Western countries and the urban Korean population; however, the burden of frailty and geriatric conditions in the aging populations of rural Korean communities had not yet been ... -
Psychometric properties of the Late-Life Function and Disability Instrument: a systematic review
(BioMed Central, 2014)Background: The choice of measure for use as a primary outcome in geriatric research is contingent upon the construct of interest and evidence for its psychometric properties. The Late-Life Function and Disability Instrument ...