Using repeated measures over 2 decades in a well-characterised British cohort, the Whitehall II study, we aimed to compare long-term changes in two key indicators of functional ability—physical ...

To obtain expert opinion on the appropriateness of currently available functional status assessment tools for ... A completed and signed TEP Nomination form. A letter of interest (not to exceed ...

This article describes the positive impact that actively managing functional recovery ... inpatient short form was chosen as the standard tool for patient assessment. 12 The AM-PAC assessment ...

on the Medical Outcomes Study 36-Item Short-Form Health Survey (SF-36); scores range from 0 to 100, with higher scores indicating better health status. Vertical bars in the middle and bottom ...

It is unclear whether functional status before dialysis is maintained ... 1 month before the initiation of dialysis and one such assessment after the initiation of dialysis) in order to assess ...

However, the assessment of patients' functional status – encompassing physical, cognitive, and behavioral functioning – holds increasing significance in influencing clinical decisions and ...

Functional assessment screening has particular relevance for those older adults with advanced age and multiple comorbidities. Think of functional status as a snapshot of how patients are currently ...

Taking patients off antihypertensive medications or lowering their doses didn’t have a negative impact on the functional status of long-term care residents, a study published on Jan. 3 in the ...

"Functional status assessment can be easily incorporated into the current ASA classification, as it can be assessed by patient interview alone and does not require any calculations, formulas ...

However, the current methods for intraoperative nerve functional status assessment are associated with a demand for specialized devices and increased costs. To assess the validity of a new method - ...