severity of contracture and self reported disability in patients with dupuytren s contracture referred for surgery
báo cáo hóa học:" Health-related quality of life and self-related health in patients with type 2 diabetes: Effects of group-based rehabilitation versus individual counselling" pot
Ngày tải lên :
20/06/2014, 15:20
... Quality of Life) and self- rated health assessments Of the 264 patients screened 121 was excluded mainly due to too low HbA1c Main reasons for missing data after randomisation and during the intervention ... groups reported less fatigue distress and increased vitality after six months compared with baseline At baseline, the most burdensome symptoms in our study population of type diabetes patients were ... complications, and medications [18] A 12-week supervised exercise component consisted of 90-minutes sessions twice a week that included both aerobic and resistance exercise The sessions were group-based,...
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báo cáo khoa học:" Health-related quality of life and self-related health in patients with type 2 diabetes: Effects of group-based rehabilitation versus individual counselling" docx
Ngày tải lên :
11/08/2014, 23:22
... quality of life is associated with greater severity of complications for patients with type diabetes [3] Most often, evaluation of diabetes interventions assess effects on glycated haemoglobin (HbA1c) ... patients attended at least three of the four nurse counselling sessions, and 50 (88%) patients attended at least two of the three dietician counselling sessions SF-36 In both groups, the lowest estimated ... therefore the results are in line with what is possible to obtain in non-research settings Conclusions This study suggests that a group-based rehabilitation programme is not superior to an individual...
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Báo cáo y học: "Perceived discrimination is associated with severity of positive and depression/anxiety symptoms in immigrants with psychosis: a cross-sectional study" pot
Ngày tải lên :
11/08/2014, 15:22
... assessments included a full life history of actual study patients and videotapes (training videos), so assessors were not blind to information about migration history The Structured Positive and ... Negative Syndrome Scale (SCI-PANSS) [33] was used to measure present symptom presentation and severity in this mixed cohort because it measures similar symptom domains in patients with schizophrenia ... unemployed) was included in block of the analysis of depression/anxiety symptoms, while years of education was included in the analysis of positive symptoms Results In our sample of 90 immigrants, 24...
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Báo cáo y học: " Symptoms of epilepsy and organic brain dysfunctions in patients with acute, brief depression combined with other fluctuating psychiatric symptoms: a controlled study from an acute psychiatric department" potx
Ngày tải lên :
11/08/2014, 17:20
... in a three year period were evaluated for inclusion We used robust validated instruments assessing diagnoses, symptoms of depression and alcohol abuse All patients had urine and blood screens, ... acute ward with depressive symptoms Our results indicate that patients presenting with brief depressive periods and coexisting fluctuating arrays of other psychiatric symptoms like psychosis, panic ... centres The study samples have consisted of patients with definite diagnoses of epilepsy in stable phases of their psychiatric conditions Despite the high prevalence of depression in epilepsy,...
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Báo cáo y học: "Correlates of self-reported offending in children with a first police contact from distinct sociodemographic and ethnic groups" pot
Ngày tải lên :
13/08/2014, 18:22
... =.48) Statistical analyses For statistical analysis, SPSS 13.0 was used First, variables were described using means for continuous and percentages for categorical variables Inter-group comparison ... reactive subscale assesses aggression that is displayed in reaction to alleged provocation by others The 12-item proactive subscale assesses aggression that is displayed to obtain something, i.e., ... “sometimes” or “often”) The internal consistency of both subscales in the current sample was good (reactive a =.80 and proactive a =.78) Sensation seeking was assessed using a seven-item scale asking whether...
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báo cáo hóa học:" Adolescent distinctions between quality of life and self-rated health in quality of life research" ppt
Ngày tải lên :
20/06/2014, 15:20
... needs to be exercised when choosing adolescent QOL instruments Our results suggest that self- rated health status measures should not be construed exclusively as QOL assessments As an example, Huang ... your usual activities ?" For the purposes of this study, this item was omitted from all analyses All response options to the scale "days" items were identical and assessed the number of days symptoms ... sampling design of the YRBS Since the sampling design for the Midwestern sample was randomized, but not as complex as a statewide YRBS administration, all data analyses for the Midwestern sample...
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Effectiveness of PRECEDE model for health education on changes and level of control of HbA1c, blood pressure, lipids, and body mass index in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus docx
Ngày tải lên :
05/03/2014, 22:21
... cluster size was assumed to be 30 patients Given these assumptions, the final sample size required was 596 patients (298 in each arm) Statistical analysis First, a descriptive analysis was carried ... against to the behavior change Session Session (Visits or 8) (Visits or 9) Reinforcing factors: The patient has to discover: the response of key people in their enviroment, the response of himself: ... out using the intention-to-treat principle Statistical analysis of the data was carried out with SPSS 15.0 (SPSS, Inc., Chicago, Illinois) Results A total of 608 patients were included, of which...
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Báo cáo sinh học: "CGB and GNRH1 expression analysis as a method of tumor cells metastatic spread detection in patients with gynecological malignances" potx
Ngày tải lên :
18/06/2014, 22:20
... other cases which may indicate patients in metastasis stage Analysis of results demonstrated that in part of the studied blood samples of cancer patients activity of CGB and GNRH1 was on the same ... in both cases showed two distributions of results The higher curve represents the sum of these two distributions markers are the most sensitive methods for CTC detection Results of numerous studies ... expression analysis in tissues lacking cancerous changes only one distribution of results for each group was established (Figure 1A; Table 2) CGB expression in tumor tissues was categorized into...
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báo cáo hóa học: " The effects of high frequency subthalamic stimulation on balance performance and fear of falling in patients with Parkinson''''s disease" docx
Ngày tải lên :
19/06/2014, 08:20
... (MHN) assessed the patient with clinical performance tests, and the same PT assessed all patients in all test situations The tests were out of practical reasons performed in the following order: ... of STN stimulation alone on balance performance as assessed with clinical performance tests, subjective ratings of fear of falling and posturography Materials and methods Patients Ten patients ... platform and relax for three minutes in- between the tests (eyes open, eyes closed) The same test order was maintained during the DBS OFF and ON measurements In every test situation, spontaneous sway...
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báo cáo hóa học: " Increased levels of HMGB1 and pro-inflammatory cytokines in children with febrile seizures" pot
Ngày tải lên :
19/06/2014, 22:20
... increase in neither serum nor CSF [35] These results potentially reflect difficulties in obtaining clinical samples and measuring free IL-1b The possible sources of the serum cytokine increases ... Increased expression of mRNA encoding interleukin-1beta and caspase-1, and the secreted isoform of interleukin-1 receptor antagonist in the rat brain following systemic kainic acid administration ... been reported in the plasma of febrile seizure patients [3] Viruses as causative agents of febrile seizures have been demonstrated in several reports Neurotropic viruses, such as herpes and influenza...
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báo cáo hóa học:" Comparison of the SF-6D and the EQ-5D in patients with coronary heart disease" pdf
Ngày tải lên :
20/06/2014, 15:20
... change-scores (post-intervention minus pre-intervention scores) and determined the number of missing baseline and change scores Normality of distributions was tested with Shapiro-Wilk 's W test [18] ... ceiling effect of each domain was assessed by computing the percentage of patients reporting no problems To reduce the number of missing scores in the SF6D, we imputed missing items in the SF-36 ... missing scores resulted from individual missing items on the question- naires After imputation of the missing SF-36 items from SF-36 domain scores, the percentage of missing scores in the SF-6D...
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báo cáo hóa học:"Assessment of self-injection experience in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: psychometric validation of the Self-Injection Assessment Questionnaire (SIAQ)" ppt
Ngày tải lên :
20/06/2014, 15:20
... the Injection site reactions domain score has an intrinsic ceiling effect Some ceiling effects were also observed for the Feelings about injections and Ease of use domains For these domains, patients ... divided into eight sub-items), grouped in four principal causal domains (Feelings about injections, Self- confidence, Injection-site reactions, Ease of use) plus a single item assessing Self- image ... physical functioning was assessed using the Health Assessment Questionnaire disability index [28] A convergent-discriminant analysis was performed on the Czech, Polish and US English versions of...
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báo cáo hóa học:" Psychometric validation of the Dutch translation of the quality of life in reflux and dyspepsia (QOLRAD) questionnaire in patients with gastroesophageal reflux disease" ppt
Ngày tải lên :
20/06/2014, 16:20
... validation of translation to Spanish of the gastrointestinal symptoms rating scale (GSRS) and quality of life in reflux and dyspepsia (QOLRAD) in patients with gastroesophageal reflux disease] Revista ... presence of reflux esophagitis grade C or D, presence or history of other gastrointestinal diseases and conditions, and presence or history of other non-gastrointestinal serious diseases and conditions ... Known-groups validity consists of showing that an instrument can differentiate between groups of patients whose health status differs according to the characteristics of the patients disease, in this...
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Báo cáo khoa học: "Prophylactic effect of plaster and cataplasm contained ketoprofen in rats with adjuvant arthritis" pot
Ngày tải lên :
07/08/2014, 14:23
... tarsals and metatarsals D Cataplasm-treated rat; showing periarticular soft tissue swelling, erosion and osteoporosis of the tarsals and metatarsals, and periosteal reaction of the metatarsals ... described scoring system [11], and graded from to as follows: = no lesions; = slight osteoporosis; = pronounced osteoporosis and slight bone erosion; = massive osteoporosis and erosion We selected ... follows: = normal; = swelling and/ or redness in joint; = swelling and/ or redness in >1 joint; = swelling and/ or redness in the entire paw; and = deformity and/ or ankylosis Each paw was graded, and...
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Báo cáo y học: "Increased circulating levels and salivary gland expression of interleukin-18 in patients with Sjögren''''s syndrome: relationship with autoantibody production and lymphoid organization of the periductal inflammatory infiltrate" pptx
Ngày tải lên :
09/08/2014, 01:23
... serum levels and salivary gland expression of IL18 in patients with SS is in keeping with an active role for this cytokine in the tissue pathogenesis IL-18 serum concentrations in patients with primary ... of increased ductal expression of IL-18 in SS would be in keeping with other autoimmune conditions such as Crohn 's disease and psoriasis, in which a dysregulation of IL-18 expression in intestinal ... ducts in all SS samples, while in patients with nonspecific chronic sialoadenitis, ductal IL-18 staining was observed only in of 10 patients (P < 0.01) Notably, IL-18 expression in SS ducts showed...
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Báo cáo y học: "Markers of B-lymphocyte activation are elevated in patients with early rheumatoid arthritis and correlated with disease activity in the ESPOIR cohort" pdf
Ngày tải lên :
09/08/2014, 14:22
... class I molecules, is secreted mainly by B cells and plasma cells, while plasmablasts and plasma cells secrete immunoglobulin FLCs Increased levels of the latter thus suggest that plasmablasts ... the increase in some markers of Bcell activation and disease activity (assessed by DAS28) and between the increase in some markers of B-cell activation (total IgA and kappa FLCs) and disease severity ... progressing to RA Thus, these patients had at least two swollen joints, present for more than weeks but less than months, and were naïve for DMARDs and corticosteroids at inclusion Their baseline...
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Báo cáo y học: " Dimensionality and scale properties of the Edinburgh Depression Scale (EDS) in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus: the DiaDDzoB study" pot
Ngày tải lên :
11/08/2014, 15:22
... depressive symptoms, most screening programs for depression use self- rating instruments These instruments are userfriendly and large numbers of patients at risk can be approached Subsequently, patients ... meaning for males than for females A classic example in the context of depression assessment is crying, which indicates a more severe level of depression in the case of males than of females [e.g., ... decrease in hedonistic thoughts and an increase in sleeping problems, and to a lesser extent by an increase in feelings of panic and the feeling that things have been getting on top of oneself Discussion...
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Báo cáo y học: " Increased prevalence of vulnerable atherosclerotic plaques and low levels of natural IgM antibodies against phosphorylcholine in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus" docx
Ngày tải lên :
12/08/2014, 15:22
... IgG, Invitrogen, Sweden) Insulin resistance was assessed by calculating the homeostasis model assessment of insulin resistance (HOMA_IR) using the formula fasting insulin (μU/ml) *fasting glucose ... arteries SLE activity was determined with the Systemic Lupus Activity Measure (SLAM) and also with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus diseases activity index (SLEDAI) Organ damage was determined with Systemic ... and atherosclerotic plaque logistic regression was applied with adjustment for covariates SAS was used for the statistical analyses (release 9.1, SAS Institute Inc., Cary, NC, USA) Results The characteristics...
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Báo cáo khoa học: " Mass transfer, clearance and plasma concentration of procalcitonin during continuous venovenous hemofiltration in patients with septic shock and acute oliguric renal failure" ppsx
Ngày tải lên :
12/08/2014, 19:22
... patients, renal failure is an early and frequent complication, occurring in 19% of sepsis cases, 23% of severe sepsis cases and 51% of septic shock cases [8], with renal replacement therapy in ... decline of PCT is observed in patients who recovered and survived, and PCT can also be used as an adequate treatment indicator This marker of inflammation homeostasis seems more specific and sensitive ... during continuous venovenous haemofiltration in septic patients Anaesth Intensive Care 2002, 30:269-274 Matson J, Lee P: Evolving concepts of therapy for sepsis and septic shock and the use of...
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Báo cáo y học: "Timing of adequate antibiotic therapy is a greater determinant of outcome than are TNF and IL-10 polymorphisms in patients with sepsis." potx
Ngày tải lên :
13/08/2014, 01:20
... deterioration in inflammatory status (20 patients admitted with sepsis developed severe sepsis or septic shock and 37 patients with severe sepsis developed septic shock) with those 162 in whom the inflammatory ... objective in patients with septic shock and to assess the factors that are involved in progression of the inflammatory response Materials and methods Hospital This prospective study was carried out in ... limitations of our study First, although a protocol following current recommendations for treatment of sepsis and septic shock was used (intravenous corticosteroids, continuous infusion of insulin and...
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