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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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:4e94fce375fb42ef9de38c069b6defe0 2023-05-15T15:02:28+02:00 Disability measurement for lymphatic filariasis: a review of generic tools used within morbidity management programs. Lynne Zeldenryk Susan Gordon Marion Gray Richard Speare Wayne Melrose 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0001768 https://doaj.org/article/4e94fce375fb42ef9de38c069b6defe0 EN eng Public Library of Science (PLoS) http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3459825?pdf=render https://doaj.org/toc/1935-2727 https://doaj.org/toc/1935-2735 1935-2727 1935-2735 doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0001768 https://doaj.org/article/4e94fce375fb42ef9de38c069b6defe0 PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, Vol 6, Iss 9, p e1768 (2012) Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine RC955-962 Public aspects of medicine RA1-1270 article 2012 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0001768 2022-12-31T03:36:37Z 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. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Arctic PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases 6 9 e1768 |
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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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Disability measurement for lymphatic filariasis: a review of generic tools used within morbidity management programs. |
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Disability measurement for lymphatic filariasis: a review of generic tools used within morbidity management programs. |
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Disability measurement for lymphatic filariasis: a review of generic tools used within morbidity management programs. |
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Disability measurement for lymphatic filariasis: a review of generic tools used within morbidity management programs. |
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Disability measurement for lymphatic filariasis: a review of generic tools used within morbidity management programs. |
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