functional impairment
collocation in Englishmeaningsoffunctionalandimpairment
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functional
adjective
uk/ˈfʌŋk.ʃən.əl/us/ˈfʌŋk.ʃən.əl/
designed to be practical and useful rather ...
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impairment
noun[U]
uk/ɪmˈpeə.mənt/us/ɪmˈper.mənt/
the act of spoiling something or making it weaker so that it is ...
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(Definition offunctionalandimpairmentfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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However, many patients also reported persistingfunctionalimpairment.
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Utility decreases with higher disease activity and increasingfunctionalimpairment.
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One of the strongest predictors of cost wasfunctionalimpairment, which is not surprising if functional impairment means that greater support from family and friends is required.
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One logical candidate for the stable component of personality disorder is the associatedfunctionalimpairment.
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Contact with home helps was independently associated with depression, even with adjustment made forfunctionalimpairment.
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With increasingfunctionalimpairment, costs increased steeply, whereas the increase due to disease activity was moderate.
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The inclusion offunctionalimpairmentcriteria has been shown to decrease rates of anxiety disorders.
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Current distress orfunctionalimpairmentwas required for inclusion in all these groups.
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Costs were on average £98 higher for every one-unit increase in thefunctionalimpairmentscale.
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This questioning was supplemented by additional custom written items to assessfunctionalimpairment.
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We found that most of the personality disorders predicted futurefunctionalimpairment.
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These mice are viable and do not show anyfunctionalimpairmentupon external examination.
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Maternal depression was associated with internalizing and externalizing problems and withfunctionalimpairmentin adolescents.
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There were also significantly positive relationships between costs and fatigue symptoms andfunctionalimpairment.
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Narcissistic and compulsive personality disorders did not predict laterfunctionalimpairment.
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Higher physicalfunctionalimpairment, not only early post-transplant but in subsequent years, also was associated with elevated distress.
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But the significantfunctionalimpairmentand disability associated with depression suggest that it certainly deserves clinical attention.
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The sample continued to be high users of a range of health services and substantialfunctionalimpairmentwas reported.
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Secondly, social phobia is associated with significant distress,functionalimpairment, and risk for the development of secondary disorder.
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The suggestion is that, givenfunctionalimpairment, environmental adaptation by itself would promote the ability to cope effectively.
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Qualitative localfunctionalimpairmentof the movement of the left ventricular walls was detected in 20% of the patients.
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Functionalimpairmentwas assessed by an index reflecting degree of difficulty in walking, climbing stairs, bathing and performing heavy housework.
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Measures offunctionalimpairment, chronic financial stress, social support and self-efficacy were each standardized to the present sample.
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