Effects of age, sex, and comorbidities on the pediatric outcomes data collection instrument (PODCI) in the general population.

Background: The Pediatric Outcomes Data Collection Instrument (PODCI) is an outcomes assessment tool developed to allow measurement of health-related quality of life in children with disorders having musculoskeletal impact. The instrument was tested by Hunsaker and colleagues on a large population-based sample of children (n=5300), and partial results of that survey were published in 2002. Further publication of the findings did not occur.

"Every day is not always jell-o": a qualitative study of factors affecting job tenure.

This qualitative study examined the reasons people with psychiatric disabilities stay on jobs and leave jobs to uncover the salient factors affecting job tenure. Fifty-one persons with psychiatric disabilities, 26 leavers and 25 stayers, participating in nine supported employment programs were interviewed. A constant comparative method was used to analyze the interview responses.