Alcock A J, Hildes J A, Kaufert P A, Kaufert J M, Bickford J
Can Med Assoc J. 1984 May 15;130(10):1305-10.
Data from the medical records of 113 patients living in Manitoba who had contracted respiratory poliomyelitis between 1952 and 1959 were compared with information obtained from interviews with these patients in 1980. The study was designed to determine whether the patients' respiratory function, mobility, ability to perform daily tasks, and employment, residential and marital status had changed between 1 year after the onset of polio and 1980. The patients' dependence on mechanical aids and other people was also studied. More than half (56%) of the patients perceived their respiratory impairment to be the same as it was 1 year after the onset of polio, 27% perceived the impairment to be increased, and 17% perceived it to be decreased. There was an association between level of respiratory function, mobility and ability to perform daily tasks. The 69 patients who lived at home had better respiratory function, mobility and ability to perform daily tasks than the 24 patients who were assisted by a home care program and the 20 who lived in hospital. The latter group had the lowest levels of respiratory and functional ability.
对1952年至1959年间在马尼托巴省感染呼吸性脊髓灰质炎的113名患者的病历数据，与1980年对这些患者进行访谈所获得的信息进行了比较。该研究旨在确定这些患者在脊髓灰质炎发病后1年至1980年间，其呼吸功能、活动能力、日常任务执行能力以及就业、居住和婚姻状况是否发生了变化。还研究了患者对机械辅助设备和他人的依赖情况。超过一半（56%）的患者认为其呼吸功能损害与脊髓灰质炎发病后1年时相同，27%的患者认为损害加重，17%的患者认为损害减轻。呼吸功能水平、活动能力和日常任务执行能力之间存在关联。在家居住的69名患者，其呼吸功能、活动能力和日常任务执行能力，比接受家庭护理计划协助的24名患者以及住院的20名患者更好。后一组患者的呼吸和功能能力水平最低。
