Disability and rehabilitation
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To explore and obtain increased knowledge about (i) strategies and treatments used by individuals with neuropathic pain following spinal cord injury (SCI) for handling long-term pain, and (ii) their experience, needs and expectations of SCI neuropathic pain management. ⋯ Neuropathic pain, one of the major problems following SCI, is difficult to treat successfully. To improve treatment outcome, health care needs to listen to, respond to and respect the patient's knowledge, experience and wishes. Future research needs to address treatments that patients find effective.
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To use quantitative data characterizing whiplash-associated disorder (WAD)-related pain beliefs over time to develop qualitative analysis exploring experiences informing these beliefs. ⋯ Restitution was the dominant underlying pattern of belief endorsement. While this may be adaptive early after WAD, it is problematic for meaning construction later on. Based on contemporary views on pain, identification of this narrative is important as it represents an incompatibility in the conceptualization of pain between patient and provider.
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To examine the adequacy of existing service systems in addressing the needs of refugees with disabilities resettled in the U.S.A. ⋯ Disabled refugees resettled in the U.S.A. have many unmet needs associated with gaps in-service delivery stemming from disconnections between refugee and disability service systems.
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Multicenter Study
Do Multidimensional Pain Inventory scale score changes indicate risk of receiving sick leave benefits 1 year after a pain rehabilitation programme?
To study whether scale score changes in the Multidimensional Pain Inventory (MPI) can predict which persons disabled by pain will receive sick leave benefits 1 year after completing a pain rehabilitation programme. ⋯ A rehabilitation intervention directed to combating the consequences of pain in activities and participation rather than against pain per se might lead to improved working capacity.
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Review Comparative Study
Assessing and comparing the outcome measures for the rehabilitation of adults with communication disorders in randomised controlled trials: an International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health approach.
To identify the assessment instruments and relevant outcome measures used in randomised clinical trials (RCTs) relating to interventions for adults with communication disorders, and then examine and compare the domains of the outcome measures using the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) as a reference tool. ⋯ A wide range of outcome measures have been used in RCTs of interventions for adults with communications disorders. The ICF provides a clarifying framework for systematically gathering and examining the information about the content of outcome measures and then can be used as a common reference to identify and compare the domains of the outcome measures. The high proportion of elements relating to body functions raises some questions about the purpose and aims of the interventions.