Skip Navigation

This Article
Right arrow Full Text (PDF)
Right arrow Alert me when this article is cited
Right arrow Alert me if a correction is posted
Services
Right arrow Email this article to a friend
Right arrow Similar articles in this journal
Right arrow Similar articles in PubMed
Right arrow Alert me to new issues of the journal
Right arrow Add to My Personal Archive
Right arrow Download to citation manager
Right arrow Search for citing articles in:
ISI Web of Science (36)
Right arrowRequest Permissions
Google Scholar
Right arrow Articles by BADLEY, E. M
Right arrow Articles by WOOD, P. H N
Right arrow Search for Related Content
PubMed
Right arrow PubMed Citation
Right arrow Articles by BADLEY, E. M
Right arrow Articles by WOOD, P. H N
Social Bookmarking
Add to CiteULike   Add to Connotea   Add to Del.icio.us  
What's this?

© 1978 Oxford University Press

research-article

The Prevalence and Severity of Major Disabling Conditions - A Reappraisal of the Government Social Survey on the Handicapped and Impaired in Great Britain

ELIZABETH M BADLEY1, ROGER P THOMPSON2 and PHILIP H N WOOD3

1 2 3 The Arthritis and Rheumatism Council Epidemiology Research Unit, University of Manchester, Stopford Building Oxford Road, Manchester M 13 9PT

This paper re-examines the data gathered for the Government Social Survey on the Handicapped and Impaired in Great Britain. The underlying cause of disablement is considered in conjunction with severity and prevalence. When these are taken together a picture emerges in which stroke, arthritis, and circulatory disorders are the most frequent cause of severe disability in the community. An attempt is also made to examine the way in which the survey might be biased by the non-inclusion of those in institutions.

Received 3 March 1978


Add to CiteULike CiteULike   Add to Connotea Connotea   Add to Del.icio.us Del.icio.us    What's this?


This article has been cited by other articles:


Home page
 Rheumatology (Oxford)Home page
P. Creamer, M. Lethbridge-Cejku, and M. C. Hochberg
Factors associated with functional impairment in symptomatic knee osteoarthritis
Rheumatology, May 1, 2000; 39(5): 490 - 496.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]


Disclaimer:
Please note that abstracts for content published before 1996 were created through digital scanning and may therefore not exactly replicate the text of the original print issues. All efforts have been made to ensure accuracy, but the Publisher will not be held responsible for any remaining inaccuracies. If you require any further clarification, please contact our Customer Services Department.