title: A survey of the younger chronic sick and disabled living in the community in Lothian Region.
abstract: A postal survey of households was carried out in Lothian Region to try to determine the number of physically disabled people aged between 16 and 64 living in the community. More information was gained by interviewing those who identified themselves as disabled. It was estimated that there were between 20,000 and 24,000 people aged between 16 and 64 living in the community in Lothian who felt that their activities were restricted by physical impairment, but only about 2500 of those were restricted to the extent that they scored 80 or less on the Barthel index.
mesh_terms: D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002908:Chronic Disease; D006233:Persons with Disabilities; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012606:Scotland