Disability and rehabilitation
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We examined the significance of life dissatisfaction in pre-operative and early recovery phases with respect to functional ability, pain and coping on 2-year follow-up of patients with lumbar spinal stenosis (LSS). ⋯ Our results show the importance of both pre-operative and early post-operative well-being regarding subsequent functioning. Thus, monitoring of the subjective well-being throughout the pre-operative and post-operative period may indicate those patients at risk of poorer post-operative recovery.
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Comparative Study
Health-related quality of life in patients with cryptogenic polyneuropathy compared with the general population.
To evaluate the quality of life (QOL) in patients with cryptogenic polyneuropathy. ⋯ Our study showed that patients with cryptogenic polyneuropathy have a lower QOL compared to the general population, although mental health scores did not differ between the groups. This information may be helpful when explaining the disease and its impact on newly diagnosed patients.
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People with communication impairments may face barriers to civic participation, with resulting marginalisation of individuals who wish to be actively involved. The investigation aimed to explore the experience of civically engaged adults with acquired neurological communication difficulties. ⋯ For these participants civic engagement had positive and negative dimensions. Speech and language therapists should promote reduction of the barriers that impede the active citizenship rights of people with communication support needs. Civic participation may be a relevant measure of outcome in communication impaired populations.
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Comparative Study
Health of people with spinal cord injury in Singapore: implications for rehabilitation planning and implementation.
This study aimed to provide a broad overview of the health of people with spinal cord injury (SCI) in Singapore, so as to highlight areas of potential need. These areas could then guide future research and rehabilitation programme development. ⋯ The study revealed several health areas that may be affecting the overall health of people with SCI in Singapore. By focusing on community reintegration and health promotion, physiotherapists and other rehabilitation professionals may augment health outcomes and improve the quality of life of this population in Singapore.
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The aim is to study how pain coping strategies and catastrophising are related to disability and depression in patients with whiplash-associated disorders (WAD). Specifically, we wanted to test if they are independent predictive variables, after controlling for pain severity, sociodemographic and crash-related variables. ⋯ Our results show that catastrophising about pain is more important than pain coping strategies in patients with WAD of a short duration. These results can contribute to the conceptual distinction between pain coping strategies and catastrophising.