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Original Article

Discrepancies between capabilities and performance of activities of daily living in multiple sclerosis patients

Pages 84-88 | Published online: 28 Jul 2009
 

Abstract

Summary

Comparisons were made between capabilities in activities of daily living assessed by an occupational therapist and performance as reported by a relative in 25 patients with multiple sclerosis and 25 physically disabled non-brain-damaged patients. No significant differences were found between the two groups. However, discrepancies were found between patients' self-ratings and those of both occupational therapists and relatives, which were significantly greater in the multiple sclerosis group that the controls. These discrepancies were found to correlate with impairment on some measures of intellectual functioning.

Résumé

Dans un collectif de 25 patients atteints de sclérose en plaques et un autre comportant 25 patients handicapés physiques, à l'exclusion de ceux présentant des séquelles d'un traumatisme craˇnio-cérébral, le degré d'indépendance pour les activités de la vie courante a été évalué à la fois par une ergothérapeute et un membre de la famille. Il n'a pas été noté de différence statistiquement significative entre les résultats rapportés par ces deux types d'observateurs. Une discrépance a cependant été relevée entre les résultats d'une auto-évaluation faite par les patients eux-měmes et le bilan ADL noté par l'ergothérapeute et un membre de la famille. Cette différence était plus nette dans le groupe atteint de sclérose en plaques, notamment chez les sujets présentant un certain affaiblissement de leurs capacités intellectuelles.

Zusammenfassung

In einer Gruppe von 25 Patienten mit multipler Sklerose und einer weiteren Gruppe von 25 Patienten mit verschiedenen körperlichen Behinderungen, jedoch ohne Schädel-Hirntrauma, wurde der Grad der Selbständigkeit im täglichen Leben einerseits durch eine Ergotherapeutin, andererseits durch ein Familienmitglied des Patienten beurteilt. Dabei wurde zwischen diesen beiden Einschätzungen kein signifikanter Unterschied festgestellt. Dagegen konnte eine deutliche Diskrepanz beobachtet werden im Vergleich zur Selbstbeurteilung der Patienten. Dieser Unterschied war besonders deutlich bei Patienten mit multipler Sklerose und gleichzeitiger Schwächung der geistigen Fähigkeiten.

Additional information

Notes on contributors

Nadina B. Lincoln

It is with great sadness that we have to inform the readership of the Journal that shortly after completing the final editorial work on this Special Issue, Professor Kalman Jacob Mann was seriously injured in a car accident and subsequently died.

Professor Mann was responsible for establishing the two Hadassah Hospitals and Community Health Centres in Jerusalem and for the past 20 years headed the Presidium of Yad Sarah, Israel's largest community based, volunteer operated organization which provides a spectrum of free or nominal cost home care services nation-wide.

We offer our condolences to his family and friends, and trust that this Special Issue stands as a testament to his work in the field.

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