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Development of an innovative strategy to determine functioning attributed to health conditions in low-resource settings.
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3 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Hearing-Functioning Problems Across High-Burden Adult Health Conditions in Africa.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2026Pooled it
- Impact of health conditions on daily functioning in Kenyan populations: A scoping review.African journal of disability · 2025Review
- Functioning Problems Associated with Health Conditions with Greatest Disease Burden in South Africa: A Scoping Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
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Abstract
Objectives: Rehabilitation is a health strategy that aims to reduce functioning problems. There is a lack of country-level data on the burden and type of functioning problems to inform service planning and management of patients' rehabilitation needs, particularly at primary care level in low-resource settings. Health researchers need an application that automates synthesis of data extracted from several peer-reviewed publications to determine the most prevalent functioning problems compared across several health states. This article describes the journey leading to the conceptualization and development of the Methods: A descriptive case study approach was used to report on the following steps involved in the development of the web-based Results: The Conclusion: This bespoke innovation provides impetus for further development, profile comparison and shared information between countries to co-develop strategies which can strengthen rehabilitation service delivery.
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