Objective Despite the burden of rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases (RMDs), these conditions probably deserve more attention from public health authorities in several countries including developed ones. We assessed their contribution to disability. Methods Data on disabilities associated with RMDs were extracted national 2008–2009 Disability-Health Survey 29,931 subjects representative population France. used core set disability categories for World Health Organization's International...

Relationships of Job and Some Individual Characteristics to Occupational Injuries in Employed People: A Community‐Based Study: Ashis Bhattacherjee, et al. Department Mining Engineering, Indian Institute Technology, Kharagpur, India —This study assessed the associations job some individual factors with occupational injuries among employed people from a general population north‐eastern France; 2,562 workers were randomly selected working population. mailed auto‐questionnaire was filled by each...

The aim was to assess the relationships between social and material deprivation use of tobacco, excessive alcohol psychotropic drugs by both sexes in various age groups. Greater knowledge concerning these issues may help public health policy-makers design more effective means preventing substance abuse.

The Functional Independence Measure (FIM) is one of the most widely used disability and dependence assessment instruments in rehabilitation medicine. As for other similar scales, expression results as a unique score raises an important question. Is it legitimate to consider object being measured (functional independence) unidimensional entity? answer major practical importance justifying use FIM. Having made critical analysis previous validation procedures, authors then submitted admission...

Aims. It is a generally shared opinion that rehabilitation not (yet) 'fully person-centred' and it should be more. For certain number of authors, this deficit in person-centredness has originated from the important weight 'medical framework' within rehabilitation. In paper, we will discuss criticism its corollary: idea bound to choose between non-medical medical paradigm, since there fundamental contradiction medicine person-centredness. first section examine conceptual history question...

Background Representative national data on disability are becoming increasingly important in helping policymakers decide public health strategies. We assessed the respective contribution of chronic conditions to for three age groups (18–40, 40–65, and >65 years old) using from 2008–2009 Disability-Health Survey France. Methods Data 12 24,682 adults living households were extracted results. A weighting factor was applied obtain representative estimates French population. Disability defined as...

Purpose. Some general practitioners (GPs) report discomfort in caring for people with disabilities. These feelings may impede the provision of quality health care to these patients.Method. A cross-sectional survey interviewed 600 GPs southeastern France and assessed their personal professional characteristics, attitudes opinions towards disabilities, knowledge practices this field.Results. 21.3% GP reported treating mental impairments 8.2% physical impairments. Discomfort either type...

Objective: To highlight the prevalence of manual and/or powered wheelchair use within general French population living at home or in institutions, to describe users and identify factors determining use.Methods: Data were obtained from national communitybased Handicaps-Incapacités-Dépendance surveys on disability dependency carried out 2 representative samples institutions (n = 15,288) 16,945).Results: The is 62 per 10,000 people France.Forty-three percent live institutions.They frequently...

In this article, the authors show that current French disability policy is traversed by conflicts between three different approaches to which came about at periods in history. They begin looking origins of France. This was developed during 20th century, from notions repair, indemnification and compensation through rehabilitation. It became institutionalized 1975, when two laws were passed, giving it form a category-based policy. Between 1970 2000, affected international situation, into...

We sought to measure the difference in employment rates between HIV-seropositive and HIV-seronegative persons establish whether this varied according HIV-infected persons' socioeconomic position as defined by education level.We used data from VESPA (VIH: Enquête Sur les Personnes Atteintes) study, a large cross-sectional survey conducted among nationally representative sample of 2932 patients France. Age-, gender-, nationality-, education-standardized were estimated with French general...

To evaluate the associations between biomechanical, physical, and psychological demands occupational injury according to depressive symptoms severity.Two thousand eight hundred eighty-two French working people completed a questionnaire covering sociodemographic characteristics, smoking, alcohol consumption, obesity, job, chronic diseases, symptoms, injuries during previous 2-year period. Data were analyzed using logistic regression.Occupational (9.2%) strongly related among...

This study assessed the prevalence of sensory and cognitive disabilities falls for various age groups, sexes, socio-occupational categories, their associations in Lorraine population.The sample included6,159 subjects, aged 15 years or more, randomly selected from population. They filled a mailed questionnaire including socio-demographic characteristics, job, with physical injuries at time survey, disabilities. Data analysis was made via adjusted odds ratios.The prevalences were 3.0 4.7%,...

In Brief Study Design. A national population-based survey focusing on disability. Objective. To describe the frequency of chronic back conditions among those aged 30 to 64 years, consequences their daily lives, employment status, and source income. Summary Background Data. Descriptive data from community-based surveys are sparse. Methods. French Handicap, Disability Dependence survey, 1,289 subjects with problems were compared general population. Results. The estimates for prevalence 7.9%...

Association of Physical Job Demands, Smoking and Alcohol Abuse with Subsequent Premature Mortality: A 9‐year Follow‐up Population‐based Study: Eve B ourgkard , et al . Institut National de Recherche Sécurité (INRS), WHO Collaborative Centre, Département d'Epidémiologie en Entreprises, France —This study assessed the relationships physical job demands (PJD), smoking, alcohol abuse, premature mortality before age 70 (PM‐70) among working or inactive population. The sample included 4,268...