The initial literature search strategy targeted publications on AD and MCI (specifically 'AD, moderate to severe' and 'MCI or very early AD'), crossing this literature with specific domain terms (functioning, functional status, executive functioning, HRQL, affect/mood/behavior).
Postoperatively, the ODI mean improved significantly (t [56] = 10.472, p <.001) to 23.89 indicating moderate disability in functional status.
impact on the cognitive function and functional status.
Intervention programs designed to prevent functional decline in older adults show that participants with relatively good functional status or moderate frailty are those who benefit the most from these programs [ 4].
The musculoskeletal functional limitations index had moderately strong correlations with three other measures of functional status: WOMAC function scale (r = 0.60), Intermediate Activities of Daily Living Scale (r = 0.60) and Basic Activities of Daily Living Scale (r = 0.48) and a moderate correlation with the 0 100 self rated health scale (r = 0.40).
At discharge, 11 patients had good functional status, 2 had moderate disability and 2 severe disability.
These findings concur with other studies that have reported large ES or SRMs for the symptom severity scale and moderate to large ES for the functional status scale at 3 months post surgery [ 12, 14, 15, 37- 39].
Although they indicate there is moderate quality data demonstrating improvement in functional status and patient-centered outcome, uncertainty still remains regarding duration of benefit and further research is needed to impact on the strength of this recommendation.
The main model included sex, age (65 84 or ≥ 85 years), education (less than primary, primary, or secondary or more), type of facility (public/concerted or private), number of chronic conditions, and functional status (independent, mild, moderate, or severe dependency) as explanatory variables.
The correlations between pinch and grip strength and the two subscales of the BCTQ were moderate with higher values for the Functional Status Scale than the Symptom Severity Scale, whereas sensibility measures showed a stronger association with the Symptom Severity Scale (Table 2).
