Biomedical subjects

B B Rothschild

Publications and source records attributed to B B Rothschild.

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PubMed1990

New estimates of traumatic SCI prevalence: a survey-based approach.

New estimates of traumatic spinal cord injury (SCI) prevalence are developed from a survey specifically designed to identify the SCI population in both institutional and non-institutional settings. The survey utilised a mixed-mode sampling design based on probability sampling methods. Detailed interviews were conducted with SCI persons identified in this survey. We estimate that the traumatic SCI prevalence rate in the United States is 721 cases per million, and that there are about 177,000 SCI persons residing in the United States.

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PubMed1983

Multiple sclerosis and mobility restriction.

Examination of mobility restriction among multiple sclerosis (MS) patients and its relationship to selected disease and demographic characteristics was undertaken using data gathered in the National Multiple Sclerosis Survey. Whether and where an individual needed assistance and the types of assistance needed were the dependent variables. These data were crosstabulated with the following patient characteristics: sex, race, educational level, region of residence, age on prevalence day, marital status, awareness of diagnosis, diagnostic code, duration of disease and age at first diagnosis. More than half of the patients reported needing assistance both indoors and outdoors. Significant factors in increasing the percentage needing assistance were as follows: longer duration, older at the time of first diagnosis, admitted awareness of the diagnosis, currently unmarried, nonwhite, and a "probable" MS diagnostic code. Most patients relied on a wheelchair or a person's assistance for help while few relied on crutches or leg braces.

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PubMed1981

The incidence and prevalence of reported multiple sclerosis.

A national survey, sponsored by the National Institute of Neurological and Communicative Disorders and Stroke, to determine the incidence, prevalence, and economic impact of multiple sclerosis has just been completed. These data are the first report of the results. Based on the data gathered, it is estimated that on January 1, 1976, there were a reported 123,000 multiple sclerosis patients in the conterminous United States (a rate of 58 per 100,000). The annual incidence for the period 1970-1975 was estimated to be 8,800 (a rate of 4.2 per 100,000). The pattern of the disease being more common among females, whites, persons aged 30-50 years, and individuals living above the 37th parallel was also demonstrated. In addition to demographic characteristics, selected disease characteristics of the incidence and prevalence populations were also examined.

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