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Provedor de dados: | 55
País: | Brazil
Título: | Functional assesment of patients with AIDS disease
Autores: | Zonta,Marise Bueno; Almeida,Sérgio Monteiro de; Carvalho,Mirian T. M. de; Werneck,Lineu César.
Data: | 2003-10-01
Ano: | 2003
Palavras-chave: | HIV; AIDS; Rehabilitation; Functional disability; Health status; Neurological manifestation.
Resumo: | We documented the types and degree of functional disability in 74 patients with AIDS at the Hospital de Clínicas of the Federal University of Paraná, Brazil. Few of these patients are referred for rehabilitation services and there is only a limited team approach in their care. We found that 91% of the patients had some degree of functional impairment; in 81% the complaint was weakness and in 47% it was neurological involvement. According to the Barthel Index, 79% were considered functionally independent, 14% partially dependent and 7% dependent. For most of them, independence requires effort and their quality of life is reduced. Severe disability was rather unusual, while mild or moderate disability levels were not. The functional physical disability found in 21% of the patients required management by a rehabilitation team. We conclude that it is important to focus attention on the quality of life of patients with AIDS.
Tipo: | Info:eu-repo/semantics/article
Idioma: | Inglês
Identificador: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-86702003000500004
Editor: | Brazilian Society of Infectious Diseases
Relação: | 10.1590/S1413-86702003000500004
Formato: | text/html
Fonte: | Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases  v.7 n.5 2003
Fonte: | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess