title: Functional disability associated with major neurologic disorders. Findings from the Copiah County Study.
abstract: The prevalence of functional disability in persons with cerebral palsy, epilepsy, stroke, Parkinson's disease, and severe dementia was assessed in a survey of every household in Copiah County, Mississippi, and all chronic-care institutions serving that county. Of the 23,842 residents evaluated, 246 had moderate to severe functional impairment accompanied by one or more of the aforementioned neurological disorders; 108 were not fully ambulatory; 59 required constant supervision because of cognitive difficulties; 54 were having at least one afebrile seizure monthly; and 25 experienced some combination of these impairments. Overall, prevalence ratios for these impairments increased markedly with age.
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D044383:Black People; D003072:Cognition Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008922:Mississippi; D009069:Movement Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology*; D009422:Nervous System Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000453:epidemiology; D012640:Seizures / Q000453:epidemiology*; D012737:Sex Factors; D044465:White People; D001741:Black or African American