... celebrate adequately I would also like at this moment to thank Sonya Melcher for her excellent management ofthe journal Sonya has always been diligent and impartial, two requisite characteristics ... voluntary and I must thank them for lending us their invaluable expertise and, more significantly, their time The act of assisting in this way truly shows a level of commitment and caring that is difficult ... Journal of Brachial Plexus and Peripheral Nerve Injury 2007, 2:20 Three of our articles have been designated as "Highly Accessed" [6-8] and one, by Professor Marianna Papadopoulou and colleagues...
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... to any population and scores may be compared to general population norms as well as across diseases Disease-specific measures contain items of particular relevance to patients withthe disease, ... is, the unit of analysis in a meta-analysis isthe study, whereas the unit of analysis in a single study isthe individual A review of HRQOL outcomes in 34 randomized controlled trials for weight ... literature, HRQOL outcomes have been reported using both types of measures Generic and disease-specific measures of HRQOL each have their advantages and disadvantages Generic measures are applicable...
... American Cancer Society, Inc 2008 Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW), Australasian Association of Cancer Registries (AACR): Cancer in Australia: An overview, 2006 Canberra: AIHW ... Assessment of Cancer Therapy; FACT-G: Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy-General; FACTGP: Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy-General Population; FACTB+4: Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy-Breast ... Assessment of Cancer Therapy scale: Development and validation ofthe general measure J Clin Oncol 1993, 11(3):570-579 29 Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS): Australian Standard Classification...
... conclusions about the relative importance of patient care and operational factors compared to sources other than ambulance work, such as the ‘managerial role’, the ‘relations with others at work’ and ... data and critical revisions ofthe manuscript TS performed the statistical analyses and drafted the manuscript TS will act as guarantor for the paper All authors approved the final manuscript Competing ... between the sample available at T1 only and the sample available at both T1 and T2 Sample T-test (T1 and T2) sample vs sample (n = 784-821) Dependent variables measured at T1 and T2 Job satisfaction...
... year after diagnosis two children (4%) had had a relapse ofthe cancer The average cumulative length of hospital stay was 15.7 days at T1, and 50.2 days at T2 As Table shows, about 56% ofthe ... correlations are statistically not significant, there isa clear tendency for a negative association of maternal maladjustment withthe emotional domains of HRQOL in the acute phase of treatment Discussion ... participated in the design ofthe study, the acquisition and interpretation of data All authors read and approved the final manuscript Acknowledgements We thank the children and parents who participated...
... had at least one admission to the ED and 46 (25%) at least one hospitalisation At unadjusted analyses the lowest score-based quartile ofthe OPQOL total score was associated witha greater risk ... Rodriguez-Artalejo F, Guallar-Castillon P, Pascual CR, Otero CM, Montes AO, Garcia AN, et al: Health-related quality of life as a predictor of hospital readmission and death among patients with heart ... that a poor QOL and HRQOL are independently associated witha greater risk of falls at one year is also a novel one A possible explanation could be that a poor QOL at the baseline visit actually...
... of variance J FOR SCI., 53, 2007 (10): 445–451 Before the statistical analysis the data were log-transformed Then, shoot diameter data were processed by the factor analysis of variance (ANOVA) ... shoots with two attacks took place at a distance of about 20 mm from the shoot apex (Table 3) The analysis of correlation showed a significant relationship between the distance ofthe entrance ... out in crowns of felled trees, beetles prefer the apical parts of shoots In Scandinavia, the majority of single attacks took place at the distance of 10 mm from the base ofthe apical bud (Långström...
... tomography demonstrating a large tumour with partial blood flow(arrow) in abdominal cavity This tumor may be asymptomatic for a long time Abdominal pain and awareness of abdominal mass are the ... pancreas are usually large lesions witha diameter of larger than 10 cm, and the commonest site isthe head of pancreas Generally, they are large masses with thin wall having multiple thin septa with ... enucleation and the partial pancreatectomies Hemolymphangioma ofthe pancreas is commonly a benign disease and has no invasion ability Local resection is necessary But in the Japanese case, pancreatoduodenectomy...
... wrote the manuscript and supported with data analysis RA collected the data, enrolled patients and performed the statistical analysis DS critically reviewed the manuscript JT critically reviewed the ... Multicentric Spanish Group of Clinically Localized Prostate Cancer.Health-Related Quality of Life Years After Treatment with Radical Prostatectomy, Prostate Brachytherapy, or External Beam Radiotherapy ... Society/National Cancer Institute of Canada: Canadian Cancer Statistics 2008 Toronto, Canada 2008 Jemal A, Siegel R, Ward E, Murray T, Xu J, Smigal C, Thun MJ: Cancer statistics 2006 CA Cancer J...
... ethical and understandable", and the eventual goal ofthe Cases Network is to develop a large, searchable database of thousands of cases from all fields of healthcare practice To support this worthwhile ... clinical trials [25] The basis of trial registration is to allow for comparison of what was originally planned by the researchers and what was actually done This helps identify whether the target ... Frescos Adam Garrow Mark Gilheany Jill Halstead Farina Hashmi Katarina Hjelm Sara Jones Anne-Maree Keenan Tim Kilmartin Michael Kinchington Alberto Leardini Chris MacLean Xavier Martin Ian Mathieson...
... likelihood ofthe episode being evaluated as a substance use-related poisoning In Oslo, the largest group of Asian immigrants is from Pakistan (3.7% of all inhabitants), and Islam isthe dominant religion ... evaluated as appeal patients also stated a wish to die In total, 36% were evaluated as suicide attempt patients and 26% as appeal patients Substance use-related poisoning was seen in 38% of cases, of ... medical advice, and they were treated as a separate group in further analyses Page of 11 substance use-related poisoning) as the dependent variable Suicide attempt, as assessed by physicians, was...
... drafting the manuscript PC and HM have critically revised the manuscript BP isthe principal investigator ofthe NESDA study, and participated in the design ofthe study and revising the manuscript All ... repeated measures ANCOVA’s, examining the course of anxiety measured by the BAI, and the course of depression assessed by the IDS, at T0 and T1 All patients suffered from a CIDI-diagnosis of anxiety ... ofthe presence ofa mental problem, the perceived need for care and the patient’s utilization of health care services This translates as whether the patient consulted a GP, specialist, company...
... healthcare costs First, we calculated the mean for each ofthe numeric covariates, and gave equal share ofthe categorical covariates, and then calculated the log mean ofthe fitted gamma distribution ... comparative analysis ofthe cost data, intent-to-treat analysis was conducted for the cost analysis and patients were followed up for year after their initial atypical antipsychotics treatment Antipsychotic ... initiation Fully adjusted Cox proportional hazards analysis demonstrated that treatment with aripiprazole was associated witha significantly lower risk of hospitalization than ziprasidone, olanzapine...
... acquisition of data, analysis and interpretation of data; GP, CF, FI, GZ, MB, and TC, participated in the design ofthe study and to the statistical analysis and gave substantial contribution to acquisition ... Inzitari R, Cabras T, Pisano E, Fanali C, Manconi B, Scarano E, Fiorita A, Paludetti G, Manni A, Nemolato S, Faa G, Castagnola M, Messana I: HPLCESI-MS analysis of oral human fluids reveals that ... charge states have been isolated witha width of m/z 6-10 and activated for 30 ms using 30% normalized collision energy and an activation q of 0.25 Page of Data analysis Deconvolution of averaged...
... this secondary study, performed statistical analyses and interpreted data, and drafted the manuscript SC interpreted data and drafted the manuscript MO and JHL performed statistical analyses and ... Figure 2) Hazard ratios are adjusted by day one APS, pre-admission Charlson score, age, and pre-admission ADLs APS, Acute Physiology Score; ADL, activity of daily living; DRG, diagnosis related group ... survival model The shaded areas represent time periods with statistically significant hazard ratios The hazard ratios vary over time, predicting an early (< 30 days after intubation) lower risk...
... a bed in the ICU was available for patient transfer At the time of patient transfer from the ED to ICU, clinical care was transferred from the ED physicians to the admitting physicians Data analysis ... the statistical analysis AEJ drafted the manuscript and all authors contributed significantly in revisions ofthe manuscript All authors have read and approved the final manuscript Acknowledgements ... analysis and outcomes The primary outcome was one-year mortality rate The admission date ofthe index visit for sepsis was used as the baseline date and our query was intended to confirm deaths...
... Pekka Tiainen, Sanna Asikainen; Päijät-Häme Central Hospital - Dr Pekka Loisa; Vaasa Central Hospital, Dr Pentti Kairi; KantaHäme Central Hospital - Dr Risto Puolakka, Piia Laitinen, Tarja Heikkilä; ... analysis and drafted the manuscript SK, RSY, TV and ER participated in drafting and revision ofthe manuscript All authors were involved in data acquisition and read and approved the final manuscript ... after ARF compared withthe age-matched and sex-matched reference values HRQOL decreases after ARF [29] and ARDS [5], and it may even be lower after ARDS compared with other critically ill patients...
... participated as the main supervisor ofthe whole process ofthe study: planning ofthe study, analysis ofthe data and reading, discussion and improvement ofthe manuscript All authors have read and approved ... collecting the data, performing the data analyses and writing the article LS also collected data ISB, LS and HM participated in the planning ofthe study and discussions during data analyses, read the ... operation) Injury-related and medical data were collected from the Trauma Registry ofthe hospital, where approved trauma registrars performed AIS and ISS scorings Statistical methods Statistical...
... takes a very important part in teaching and learning reading a language and a foreign language as well It can be seen as the ability to retain information ofa written text to the fullest ofthe ... being active and in charge of what they because “reading is learnt rather than taught, and only the learners can the learning”, secondly the learners should learn to develop the qualities ofa good ... adapting material when published material is not suitable Another role that the ESP teachers plays is that they should act as an evaluator which involves the testing of students, the evaluation of courses...