Study Design. The Quebec Back Pain Disability Scale is a 20-item self-administered instrument
designed to assess the level of functional disability in individuals with back pain. The …

Background Previous studies suggest that, for some conditions, women receive fewer
health care interventions than men. We estimated the potential need for arthroplasty and the …

Background and Purpose—Several reports have linked chiropractic manipulation of the neck
to dissection or occlusion of the vertebral artery. However, previous studies linking such …

Background. Area variation in the use of surgical interventions such as arthroplasty is viewed
as concerning and inappropriate. Objectives. To determine whether area arthroplasty rates …

The Quebec Back Pain Disability Scale is a new measure of functional disability for patients
with back pain. Functional disability was operationalized in terms of perceived difficulty …

The Activities Scale for Kids (ASK) is a self-report measure of childhood physical disability,
that has excellent reliability (ICC=0.97). The purpose of this study was to assess further the …

The impact of disease and treatment on patients' lives is frequently measured by endpoints
such as health status, well being and quality of life. The objective of this paper is to introduce …

Background and purpose: As survival following stroke improves, individuals are more likely
to live with the aftermath of stroke rather than immediately die from it. The purpose of this …

The purpose of this study is to describe gender differences in the use of outpatient mental
health services and to identify potential determinants of this use. The study sample, N=7475 …

Objective Individuals with lower socioeconomic status (SES) receive less arthritis care,
including joint arthroplasty. However, no studies have considered the expectations or needs of …