Disability and rehabilitation
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Comparative Study
The Italian version of the Sickness Impact Profile-Roland Scale for chronic pain: cross-cultural adaptation, reliability, validity and sensitivity to change.
As no adapted form of the 23-item Sickness Impact Profile (SIP)-Roland Scale for patients with chronic pain has ever been validated in the Italian population, the aim of this study was to translate, culturally adapt and validate an Italian version. ⋯ The SIP-Roland scale was successfully translated into Italian, showing satisfactory psychometric properties. The measure can be recommended for use in research and clinical practice to improve the assessment of physical dysfunction in subjects with chronic pain.
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Multicenter Study
Changes in falls risk factors for geriatric diagnostic groups across inpatient, outpatient and domiciliary rehabilitation settings.
To compare falls event rates and risk factors for falls across three rehabilitation settings. ⋯ Risk factors for falls, including medical diagnosis, are not necessarily universal across settings. Balance performance was a significant risk factor for outpatient and domiciliary settings but was not a risk factor for inpatients. Cognitive status and a previous history of falls were, however, consistent risk factors across all settings. This suggests that different approaches for the prevention of falls may be required for the same diagnostic group of patients depending on the location of the rehabilitation setting.
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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.