Residual health status after Guillain-Barré syndrome

Autor:	Bernsen, RAJAM, Jacobs, HM, deJager, AEJ, vanderMeche, FGA
Přispěvatelé:	Neurology, University of Groningen
Rok vydání:	1997
Předmět:	sickness impact profile PROGNOSTIC FACTORS Guillain-Barre syndrome psychosocial factors RHEUMATOID-ARTHRITIS
Zdroj:	Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery and Psychiatry, 62(6), 637-640. BMJ Publishing Group JOURNAL OF NEUROLOGY NEUROSURGERY AND PSYCHIATRY, 62(6), 637-640. BMJ PUBLISHING GROUP
ISSN:	0022-3050
Popis:	To study the extent to which patients experience residual problems in daily functioning several years after having Guillain-Barre syndrome (GBS) a survey of 123 patients who had had Guillain-Barre syndrome three to six years previously was performed, using the sickness impact profile (SIP) for measuring functional health status and a functional assessment scale (F score) for measuring physical condition. The patients were diagnosed according to the international criteria for Guillain-Barre syndrome and were at the time of diagnosis unable to walk more than 10 metres without support. The physical SIP score correlated positively with final physical recovery (Pearson's r = 0.79). The psychosocial SIP score indicated impairment in all patient groups compared with matched normal control values; they included the group with no, or mild, residual symptoms (P
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