... (Dare), and Cochrane Control Trial Register (CCTR) Further, an additional search was done of the Health Economics Evaluation Database (HEED) For HEED, the phrases 'iron chelation', 'thalassaemia', ... clinical trials and patient reported outcomes Jean-François Baladi and Paula Jones work for Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation, USA Authors' contributions JFB and PJ conceived the study and all authors ... patients and their families Acta Haematologica 2002, 107:150-157 Rebulla P: Transfusion reac tions in thalassemia A survey fromthe Cooleycare programme The Cooleycare Cooperative Group Haematologica...
... medication for their ADHD Another important consideration is the fact that these results are based on an observational study, in which allocation to treatment (i.e medication versus no medication) ... information was available onthe dosage of medication and medication compliance in the ADHD treatment group Concerns regarding the use of stimulation medication for children with ADHD have been raised ... studies have demonstrated that these long-acting MPH formulations improve the behavioural and attention-related symptoms of ADHD over the course of the day [27-31] In addition, the efficacy of these...
... constituents (Table 1) The approximate molar ratio of Rha to Man was : Absolute configuration analysis demonstrated that Man has a D configuration and Rha an L configuration On methylation analysis, 2,3,4-tri-O-methyl-6-deoxyhexose, ... fatty acids but no phosphate The latter component may be a byproduct of the hydrolysis reaction or a natural contaminant These results indicate that the LPS from B vulgatus mainly contains lipid A ... chain length of the fatty acid onthe acyoxyacyl group to be mainly 15, confirming the result of the compositional analysis In the minor triacylated lipid A, the fragmentation patterns of the parent...
... population, adjusted for age, sex, and race Patients and methods Patient population Moderate to severe psoriasis patient sample The data for this secondary analysis came fromthe Randomized Controlled ... grants from Abbott, Galderma, Astellas, and Warner Chilcott and has received honoraria from Abbott, Centocor, Genentech, Amgen, Warner Chilcott, Astellas, Suncare, Galderma, Stiefel, Doak, and ... in emotional distress, a sense of stigmatization, worry, and embarrassment Deficits in social and sexual functioning, as well as social, recreational, and work activity restrictions have all been...
... mentioned that there is such an ongoing initiative undertaken by International Maritime Health Association (IMHA) in collaboration with International Labour Organization and International Transport ... International Labor Organization: Accident prevention on board ship at sea and in port 1996 Wickramatilllake HD: Occupational diseases among seafarers Cardif University 1998 International Labor Organisation: ... Occupational Health of seafarers except for EU or International Maritime Organisation or of the International Labour Organisation? 11/21 52.4% Additional Institutions next to the national public...
... each subject's EQ-5D health status by applying the time trade-off-based valuations froma general UK population sample to the observed EQ-5D profile, as data from an Italian norm are not available ... clinical conditions and socio-demographic data In the package shipped to the subjects we also included an additional questionnaire to gather data on socio-demographic characteristics (gender, age, ... monitoring a population's health status Conclusion Our data provide evidence onthe construct validity of the Italian version of the EQ-5D in a general population of a large city in North Italy The measurements...
... addition respondents are asked to value their own health state ona visual analogue scale (EQ-VAS) The EQ-VAS records a respondent’s self rated valuation of health status ona scale ranging from (worst ... those aged 75-79 The valuation of health status onthe EQ-VAS and physical health status measured by the PCS also decreased significantly with age, whereas mental health status measured by the ... significantly less frequently than the grand mean Multiple linear regression analysis revealed that respondents from Germany and Italy rated their health state significantly lower onthe EQ-VAS,...
... population controls found a mean FIQ score of 61.2 among FM patients versus 21.9 among the controls [5] A national survey of women in the US with FM and a mean age of 47 years, found that the mean ... functioning (emotional and physical), body pain, general health, vitality, social functioning, and mental health compared with the general population [7,30] Perhaps due to the large pain burden and ... in health care, for example by providing input data for the evaluation of medical resource utilization, costs and quality of life adjustments in the health economic evaluation of alternative...
... soil evaporation Soil evaporation was calculated in two stages: (1) the constant rate stage, when the supply of energy to the surface limits evaporation, and (2) the falling rate stage when water ... Several data are available onthe respiration of Mediterranean ecosystems Most of them were measured in the Mediterranean Basin [4, 5, 10, 15, 26, 32, 37, 38] Some other data dealing with Australian ... transported to the surface at a rate equal to the rate of potential soil evaporation During stage 2, according to diffusion theory, cumulative evaporation (in this stage) is proportional to the...
... revision ofthe manuscript, and analysis and interpretation of data PG participated in study design, acquisition of data, revision ofthe manuscript, and interpretation of data All authors read and approved ... regression analysis aInfliximab vs etanercept bMonotherapy bOther vs MTX DMARD vs MTX bMonotherapy vs other DMARD Adverse events bMonotherapy bOther vs MTX DMARD vs MTX bMonotherapy vs other DMARD ... questionnaire (HAQ) score, patient-scored visual analogue scale for pain (VASpain) and general health (VASglobal), physician's global assessment of disease activity ona five-grade scale (EVALglobal),...
... difficult, and so the program was adapted to a booklet format The adapted Dutch self-help Problem Solving Therapy called “Alles onder controle” (’Taking control’) is based onthe self-examination therapy ... to evaluate the effect on mental health symptoms The K-10, SRQ and BUES were translated from English into Xhosa and Afrikaans by a back-translation process After session participants also rated ... Western Cape Province The accuracy of the translations was checked by back-translating the English version (called ‘Taking control’) and Afrikaans version (called ‘Vat beheer’) into Dutch and the...
... Schizophrenia and Depression (NARSAD), National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), and the Mayo Foundation He is a consultant for Dainippon ... composition and in work, social, and functional limitations among the populations with unipolar depression and bipolar disorder: resultsfroma nationally representative sample Health and Quality of ... characterizes a population which is demographically different fromthe populations with depression and no mood disorder A second implication is that, due to the relative disadvantages among the bipolar...
... available antenna positions for sialic acid onthe galactose sugar moieties onthe outer arms of the N-glycan (two available positions on Gal-2 with or without SA and one available position on ... of galactoses present onthe outer arms of the N-glycan chain (1 Gal on Gal1 and Gal on Gal-2) divided by the total number of available antenna positions for galactosylation onthe outer arms ... postpartum Finally, a good correlation between IgG Nglycan galactosylation and sialylation was demonstrated IgG galactosylation and RA in relation to pregnancy have been studied previously Our results...
... vertebral fractures in our survey and data fromthe National Hospitalization Database (SDO) To acquire all the necessary data concerning hospitalizations, the SDO archive was enquired for the following ... Redmond, WA, USA) software Comparative analysis The second part of our study consisted of the analysis of the National Hospital Discharge records (SDO) maintained at the Italian Ministry of Health, ... forearm, hip, and vertebral fractures in the whole Italian population, by applying the hospitalization rates observed in our survey to the number of hospital admissions available at the national level...
... participated in the design of the study and in the analysis and interpretation of data OR and GG contributed data fromthe knee and hip arthroplasty registers and participated in the analysis and ... interpretation of data CT conceived of the study, assisted in the medical record review, participated in the statistical analysis and helped draft the manuscript All authors read and approved the final ... with the entire Swedish population as the denominator In the national study, a systematic change in the reporting of RA patients to the register may bias the findings Onthe other hand, the precision...
... conclusion fromthe general discussion that antalgia was specific for discogenic pain No other disagreement was noted Analytical problem When analyzing these data, it became apparent that the summary ... chiropractic management of the acute facet syndrome The high agreement among chiropractors and between chiropractors and the literature may indicate that chiropractors have a common educational background, ... investigated ting up from flexion an aggravating factor whereas both Revel [21,25] and Laslett [20] found that absence of aggravation of pain on rising from flexion was characteristic of pain originating...
... http://www.chiroandosteo.com/content/18/1/20 Page of 14 Table 1: Baseline variables of the three interventions (Activator, Manipulation and Mobilisation) Variable Activator Manipulation Mobilisation Mean age ... Activator instrument group, two fromthe mobilisation group, and one form the manipulation group We were only able to Page of 14 ascertain the reason for withdrawal from treatment of one participant ... medication or receive other treatment for neck pain during the course of the study (paracetamol 500 mg times a day was allowed as rescue medication); and a baseline pain level of at least on the...
... that the auditor is rotated to avoid ARL The second reason in the rank was the auditor reputation with an average of 2.03 meaning that most of the participants agree that the auditor rotation is ... psychological attachment with audit partner/personnel Mean Analysis Using the means analysis regarding the reasons that would make the client more attached to the auditor as a person or to the audit team ... that these are the main reasons for client attachment to the audit firm Then ranked as the third reason, was the amount of fees charged by the audit firm It had a mean of approximately 2.06 meaning...
... to ablation (Years) All patients AVNRT AVRT EAT RF-Applications (Number) All patients AVNRT AVRT EAT Examination time (Minutes) All patients AVNRT AVRT EAT Fluoroscop time (Minutes) All patients ... EAT patients Panel A: Quantity and duration of episodes and the associated symptoms Panel B: Detraction in daily life generally and in parts of daily life variable PANAL A Detraction in daily ... (5) and insufficient (6)) Patients with AVNRT, AVRT and EAT rated their state of health before and after ablation The changes within the ranking scale before and after ablation is demonstrated...
... water ascends to the top of the tank It is originated fromthe fact that, after gaining heat fromthe solar radiation, the tank wall heats a thin vertical layer of water along the tank wall Part ... time variation of solar radiation and average temperature of the present experimental study and the theoretical results of [1] in January Figure 12 The time variation of solar radiation and stored ... function of the density, specific heat capacity and the initial and massweighted average temperatures of water; with all the values, apart fromthe mass-weighted average temperature, are the same...