Measures of overall function improved while measures of disability did not change.
Pain behavior did not correlate with anxiety or depression, but correlated with measures of disability and pain intensity.
Success in living according to values was correlated with measures of disability, depression, and pain-related anxiety.
QoL was significantly correlated with severity of anxiety, depression and stress as well as with measures of disability and adjustment.
Conclusions: Although objective measures of disability corroborated self-reports of patients with LSP and, thus, supported their validity, each measure has a distinct role in clinical decision making.
Objective: To establish the validity of 2 objective measures of disability based on 2 self-reports in individuals with the late sequelae of poliomyelitis (LSP).
Wagner AK, Hammond FM, Sasser HC, Wiercisiewski D. Return to productive activity after traumatic brain injury: relationship with measures of disability, handicap, and community integration.
If associated with functional and clinical measures of disability, information on muscle architecture could then be used as an objective tool in the assessment of motor disability in these patients.
Measures of disability and pain intensity were reassessed at 6 months by mail.
Domain H: Outcome measures including clinical parameters but also measures of disability and quality of life.
Separate hierarchical regression models predicted measures of disability and pain intensity with the centralization phenomenon, fear-avoidance beliefs, and prespecified covariates.
