Disability Measurement for Lymphatic Filariasis: A Review of Generic Tools Used within Morbidity Management Programs

Lymphatic filariasis (LF)-related disability affects 40 million people globally, making LF the leading cause of physical disability in the world. Despite this, there is limited research into how the impacts of LF-related disability are best measured. This article identifies the tools currently being...

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Autores principales: Zeldenryk, Lynne, Gordon, Susan, Gray, Marion, Speare, Richard, Melrose, Wayne
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3459825/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23029569
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0001768
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description Lymphatic filariasis (LF)-related disability affects 40 million people globally, making LF the leading cause of physical disability in the world. Despite this, there is limited research into how the impacts of LF-related disability are best measured. This article identifies the tools currently being used to measure LF-related disability and reviews their applicability against the known impacts of LF. The findings from the review show that the generic disability tools currently used by LF programs fail to measure the majority of known impacts of LF-related disability. The findings from the review support the development of an LF-specific disability measurement tool and raise doubt about the suitability of generic disability tools to assess disability related to neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) globally.
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spelling pubmed-34598252012-10-01 Disability Measurement for Lymphatic Filariasis: A Review of Generic Tools Used within Morbidity Management Programs Zeldenryk, Lynne Gordon, Susan Gray, Marion Speare, Richard Melrose, Wayne PLoS Negl Trop Dis Review Lymphatic filariasis (LF)-related disability affects 40 million people globally, making LF the leading cause of physical disability in the world. Despite this, there is limited research into how the impacts of LF-related disability are best measured. This article identifies the tools currently being used to measure LF-related disability and reviews their applicability against the known impacts of LF. The findings from the review show that the generic disability tools currently used by LF programs fail to measure the majority of known impacts of LF-related disability. The findings from the review support the development of an LF-specific disability measurement tool and raise doubt about the suitability of generic disability tools to assess disability related to neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) globally. Public Library of Science 2012-09-27 /pmc/articles/PMC3459825/ /pubmed/23029569 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0001768 Text en © 2012 Zeldenryk et al http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are properly credited.
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title_short Disability Measurement for Lymphatic Filariasis: A Review of Generic Tools Used within Morbidity Management Programs
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