Disability after encephalitis : development and validation of a new outcome score.

• Main Authors: Lewthwaite, Penny, Begum, Ashia, Ooi, Mong How, Faragher, Brian, Lai, Boon Foo, Sandaradura, Indunil, Mohan, Anand, Mandhan, Gaurav, Meharwade, Pratibha, Subhashini, S, Abhishek, Gulia, Begum, Asma, Penkulinti, Srihari, Shankar, M Veera, Ravikumar, R, Young, Carolyn, Cardosa, Mary Jane, Ravi, V, Wong, See Chang, Kneen, Rachel, Solomon, Tom
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Research 2010
• Subjects: Q Science (General); QR355 Virology; R Medicine (General)
• Online Access: http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/7009/1/Disability%20after.pdf; http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/7009/; http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=20680123
• Institution: Universiti Malaysia Sarawak

Objective : To develop a simple tool for assessing the severity of disability resulting from Japanese encephalitis and whether, as a result, a child is likely to be dependent. Methods : A new outcome score based on a 15-item questionnaire was developed after a literature review, examination of cu...