The impact of disease-related impairments on disability and health-related quality of life: a systematic review

Weisscher, Nadine; de Haan, Rob J; Vermeulen, Marinus

doi:10.1186/1471-2288-7-24

BMC Medical Research Methodology

Table 1 Information on the 31 studies included in the analysis ordered on disease

From: The impact of disease-related impairments on disability and health-related quality of life: a systematic review

References	N	Disease	Impairment	Disability	HRQL
					Generic	Specific
Deyo, 1983 [22]	97	Arthritis	Morning stiffness Grip strength	SIP physical ARA	SIP total SIP psychosocial
Birrell, 1998 [19]	86	Arthritis	OSRA	HAQ	SF-36
Kvien, 1998 [29]	1030	Arthritis	VAS pain VAS fatigue	MHAQ	SF-36	AIMS2
Wolfe, 2000 [45]	1773	Arthritis	Global GI severity	HAQ	SF-36
Angst, 2004 [16]	43	Arthritis	cASES	pASES DASH	SF-36
Angst, 2005 [17]	79	Arthritis	cASES	pASES DASH	SF-36
Salaffi, 2005 [39]	244	Arthritis	WOMAC-Pain WOMAC-Stiffness	WOMAC-Function	SF-36
Rothwell, 1997 [37]	42	Multiple sclerosis	EDSS	OPCS	SF-36
Sharrack, 1999 [42]	50	Multiple sclerosis	EDSS SNRS	Barthel Index FIM CAMBS dis. AI	SF-36 EuroQol VAS
Schwartz, 1999 [41]	274	Multiple sclerosis	SI	Disease steps AI	HSQ
Miller, 2000 [34]	300	Multiple sclerosis	EDSS MSFC	SIP physical	SIP psychosocial SF-36
Hobart, 2000 [26]	64	Multiple sclerosis	EDSS	Barthel Index FIM	SF-36 Well-being GHQ
Rasova, 2005 [36]	112	Multiple sclerosis	Muscle performance Pulmonary ventilation	Barthel Index		MSQL
Rubenstein, 1998 [38]	193	Parkinson's disease	HY UPDRS motor	FSQ (BADL, IADL)	SF-36
Schrag, 2000 [40]	79	Parkinson's Disease	H&Y UPDRS motor	PDQ-39 ADL	EuroQol VAS SF-36	PDQ-39
Franchignoni, 2005 [23]	70	Parkinson's Disease	BBS PCS	UPDRS-ADL		PDQ-39
de Haan, 1993 [21]	81	Stroke	Mathew Orgogozo SSS NIHSS CNS	Barthel Index	SIP
Gottlieb, 2001 [25]	100	Stroke	Clas. Reding	FIM	LSI-a
Fuhrer, 1992 [24]	140	Spinal Cord Injury	ASIA	FIM	LSI-a
May, 2002 [33]	98	Spinal Cord Injury	ASIA	FIM		QLI
Marx, 2001 [32]	42	Knee disorders	AAOS Lysholm scale	KOS-ADL	SF-36
Paxton, 2003 [35]	110	Patellar dislocation	Fulkerson Kujala IKDC Lysholm	Tegner		MFA
MacDermid, 2001 [31]	70	Elbow pathology	ASES pain PREE pain	DASH	SF-36
Beaton, 1996 [18]	90	Shoulder disorder	Elevation of the shoulder	SST pASES	SF-36 (acute version)
Lindeboom, 1998 [30]	64	Cervical dystonia	Tsui TWSTRS-P	TWSTRS-D	SF-20
Vinik, 2005 [44]	262	Diabetic neuropathy	TNS	QOL-DN ADL		QOL-DN
Kahn, 2001 [28]	86	Facial nerve paralysis	FaCE	FDI – physical functioning		FDI – social-well being
Cleary, 1993 [20]	189	AIDS	Extreme pain Total symptom score	FSQ (BADL, IADL)	ORLS Mental Health
Speyer, 2004 [43]	77	Chronic dysphonia	Voice disorder severity	Impairment daily living		VHI
Hu, 2005 [27]	58	COPD	Breathlessness (VAS)	BDI PSFDQ-Act	SF-36
Zachariae, 2002 [46]	6497	Psoriasis	PASI Severity	PDI		PLSI

Abbreviations (in alphabetic order):
AAOS: American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons sports knee-rating scale. AI: Ambulation Index. AIMS2: Arthritis Impact Measurement Scales revised. ARA: American Rheumatism Association's functional classes. ASIA: Total Motor Index Score. (p)cASES: (patient) clinical American Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons questionnaire. BBS: Berg Balance Scale. BDI: Baseline Dyspnea Index. CAMBS: Cambridge Multiple Sclerosis Basic Score. CNS: Canadian Neurological Scale. COPD: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease. DASH: Disability of the Arm, Shoulder and Hand questionnaire. EDSS: Kurtzke Expanded Disability Scale. FaCE: Facial Clinimetric Evaluation. FDI: Facial Disability Index. FIM: Functional Independence Measure. FSQ: Functional Status Questionnaire (BADL: basic activities of daily life, IADL: instrumental activities of daily life). GHQ: General Health Questionnaire. Global GI severity: global gastrointestinal severity. HAQ: Stanford Health Assessment Questionnaire functional disability index. HSQ: Health Status Questionnaire. H&Y: Hoehn and Yahr. IKDC: International Knee Documentation Committee form. KOS: Knee Outcome Scale. LSIa: Life Satisfaction Index, version A. MFA: Musculoskeletal Function Assessment. MHAQ: Modified Health Assessment Questionnaire. MSFC: Multiple Sclerosis Functional Composite. MSQL: Multiple Sclerosis Quality of life scale. NIHSS: National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale. OPCS: Office of Population Census and Survey disability scale. ORLS: Overall Rating of Life Satisfaction. OSRA: Overall Status measure for Rheumatoid Arthritis. PASI: Psoriasis Area and Severity Index. PCS: Postural Changes Scale. PDI: Psoriasis Disability Index. PDQ-39: Parkinson Disease Questionnaire. PFSDQ-Act: Pulmonary Functional Status and Dyspnea Questionnaire. PLSI: Psoriasis Life Stress Inventory. PREE: Patient-rated Elbow Evaluation. QLI: Ferrans and Powers Quality of life Index. QOL-DN: Norfolk Quality of life Questionnaire-Diabetic Neuropathy. SF-20: Medical Outcome Study 20-Item Short-Form Health Survey. SF-36: Medical Outcome Study 36-Item. SI: Symptom Inventory. SNRS: Scripps Neurological Rating Scale. SSS: Scandinavian Stroke Scale. SST: Simple Shoulder Test. TNS: Total Neuropathy Score. TWSTRS-P(D): Toronto Western Spasmodic Torticollis Rating Scale-Pain(Disability). UPDRS: Unified Parkinson' Disease Rating Scale. VHI: Voice Handicap Index. WOMAC; Western Ontario and McMaster Universities.

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