Journal Article

A Conceptual Model for Identifying, Preventing, and Managing Secondary Conditions in People With Disabilities

Kelly Hsieh, Ming-De Chen, James H. Rimmer

2011

Overview

Secondary conditions are considered a direct consequence of having a disability, and many are presumed to be preventable. Although a few researchers have noted that people with disabilities are exposed to several secondary conditions, including pain, fatigue, depression, and obesity, what is lacking in the literature is a conceptual framework for understanding the antecedents, risk factors, and consequences of secondary conditions. To move the rehabilitation and public health professions toward a more unified approach to understanding and managing secondary conditions as well as distinguishing them from chronic and associated conditions, this article proposes a set of criteria for defining secondary conditions and a conceptual model that considers the potential factors associated with their onset, impact, severity, and management.

• Publisher: American Physical Therapy Association,Oxford University Press
• Subject: Care and treatment / Comorbidity / Decision Support Techniques / Disabilities / Disability / Disability Evaluation / Disabled Persons - classification / Disabled Persons - psychology / Fatigue / Health aspects / Health care access / Health Policy / Health Promotion / Humans / Interdisciplinary Communication / Medicine, Physical / Mental depression / Models, Theoretical / Pain / Patient Compliance - psychology / People with disabilities / Physical medicine and rehabilitation / Pressure ulcers / Prevention / Primary Prevention / R&D / Rehabilitation - psychology / Research & development / Risk Factors / Self-Help Devices