... 2009 Accepted: 19 January 2010 Published: 19 January 2010 References Guo N, Marra F, Marra C: Measuring health-related quality oflife in tuberculosis: a systemic review Health and Quality ofLife ... Muniyandi M, Rajeswari R, Balasubramanian R, et al: Evaluation of posttreatment health-related quality life (HRQoL) among tuberculosis patients Int J Tuberc Lung Dis 2007, 11:887-892 Dhingra VK, ... this article as: Weis and Pasipanodya: Measuring health-related quality oflife in tuberculosis: a systemic review - Response Health and Quality ofLife Outcomes 2010 8:7 Submit your next manuscript...
... the same social and psychological impacts as active TB patients The knowledge ofa deadly and stigmatized disease lying dormant in his/her body may also induce anxiety and fear As Marra et al [25] ... the manuscript CAM and FM contributed to the analysis and interpretation of the data and finalizing the manuscript All authors read and gave approval of the final manuscript 12 13 14 15 16 Guyatt ... necessarily indicative of mental health impairments Aydin and Ulusahin [31] compared TB patients to COPD patients and found that TB patients had a lower prevalence of depression and anxiety and a...
... Pharmacosurveillance and quality of care of thalassaemic patients A large scale epidemiological survey European Journal of Clinical Pharmacology 2001, 56:915-922 Smiley M: Beta thalassaemia in Papua ... Thalassaemia Intermedia Compared to Thalassaemia Major New York Academy of Sciences 2005, 1054:457-461 Ismail A, Campbell MJ, Ibrahim HS, Jones GL: Health related quality oflife in Malaysian ... including Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews (CDSR), American College of Physicians Journal Club (ACP), Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects (Dare), and Cochrane Control Trial Register...
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... managers are asked to watch the value of the shareholders’ capital The fair value (FVA) ensures a complete information, compatible with the reality and transparent The application of the FVA ... profit manipulation seen as an ethical act as well as the role of the accounting information in the Anglo-Saxon model of corporative governance Financial Markets There are significant proofs of ... Great Britain has initially led to enterprise collapses and financial scandals As a result of these (Coloroll and Polly Peak, etc ) and of the lack of trust in the financial reporting of several...
... pay the publication, data management and the English translation of the draft We thank Alejandro Araya Godoy and Paulina Toledo Carrasco for their assistance in primary data cleaning and analyzing, ... was a methodologic consultant, assisted with data analysis and interpretation, and participated in manuscript editing All authors read and approved the final manuscript Additional material Additional ... Fresán A, Apiquian R, Ulloa R, Loyzaga C, Garc a- Anaya M, Gutiérrez D: Ambiente familiar y psicoeducación en el primer episodio de la esquizofrenia: Resultados preliminares Revista Salud Mental 2001,...
... J, Saperas E, Santolaria S, Rodrigo L, Balanzo J, Bajador E, Almela P, Navarro JM, Carballo F, Castro M, Quintero E, Investigators of the Asociacion Espanola de Gastroenterologia (AEG): A nationwide ... available to allow the appropriate calculations As the rather disparate examples in Figures to show, it is unusual to have a coherent set of data available for a single topic because the amount ... rate of in 1,000 persons a year, although at age 60 years a higher rate of about or per 1,000 would apply, similar to that ofa large survey in Spain [71] A cohort study in Canada [7] showed matched...
... low back pain – the relative influence of fear-avoidance beliefs, catastrophizing, and appraisals of control Behavioural Research and Therapy 2004, 42:761-74 Radnitz CL, Bockian N, Moran A: Assessment ... Compensation Insurance Corporation of New Zealand, and the National Health Committee, Ministry of Health; 1997 ACC, the National Health Committee: Acute Low Back Pain Management Guide-Patient ... Zealand: Accident Rehabilitation & Compensation Insurance Corporation of New Zealand, and the National Health Committee, Ministry of Health; 1997 Royal College of General Practitioners: Clinical...
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... Bowling A: Measuring Health: AReviewof Quality ofLife Measurement Scales Maidenhead, England: Open University Press, 2005 54 Statistics Canada: Ethnicity Ottawa, ON: Statistics Canada 2003http://www ... to: (a) validate adolescents’ differentiation of their self-reported physical and mental health status and (b) examine the associations of these variables with global QOL and several relevant life ... self-reported health status and QOL in general adult populations A meta-analysis by Smith, Avis, and Assmann [23] showed that variation in QOL is explained by several life domains that are affected by differences...
... Visual Analogue Scale pre and postoperatively Visual Analogue Scale pre and postoperatively tages of this technique include less paraspinal musculature trauma and smaller wounds Bone removal is ... introduced at the safe triangle of Kambin, [2] the risk of nerve damage was low We did not have any neurological deficit in all the patients done under general anesthesia The advantage of general anesthesia ... a 6.9 mm cannula: Analysis of operative failures and complications J Bone Joint Surg Am 1991, 73:822-31 Maroon JC, Kopituk TA, Schulhof LA, Abla A, Wilberger JE: Diagnosis and microsurgical approach...
... and made substantial contributions to its design, acquisition, analysis and interpretation of data XZ and YM participants in the design, acquisition, analysis and interpretation of data LZ participated ... necessary, by recourse to a third reviewer (YJ) In cases of disagreement, the rest of the group were consulted and a judgment was made based on consensus Data Analysis Statistical analysis was carried ... study was at high risk of bias and graded as category C Assessment of publication bias There was an insufficient number of trials for us to assess publication bias Effects of interventions Assessment...
... Tehran has became a multicultural metropolitan area it has been suggested that a sample from the general population in Tehran could at least be regarded as a representative sample of an urban ... as a principal researcher and writer, including drafting of the article and the analysis and interpretation of the data AM contributed material on the Iranian population in Tehran He has made ... status in this particular group Furthermore, education as a measure of socioeconomic status remains fairly unaffected over the courseoflife and the health status In addition, health status may...
... five cases displayed dizziness, four cases presented with ataxia and one case had paralysis of upgaze Among the ten patients, six had a KPS score ≥80, indicating a satisfactory quality of life, ... loss, ataxia, paralysis of upgaze Severe staining, VC shift downward posterior cerebral artery branch 5.0 × 5.0 × 4.0 (an average of 4.7) Infratentorial > supratentorial Mild Female/ days 62 years ... combination of both approaches are commonly used Krause’s approach is essentially a midline posterior approach to the pineal region Its main advantage is that this approach located underneath the...
... performance based), and quality oflife Examples of self-reported pain included the VAS; the pain subscale of the Harris Hip Score; and/or the pain subscale of the Health Related Quality ofLife Table ... function and quality oflife Focusing such a study on the hip joint would be valuable, as reviews of OA have highlighted the very limited amount of data available to assess the efficacy of strengthening ... hydrotherapy, or a combination of these that lasted for at least weeks The review was restricted to English-language publications No limitation was placed on the date of publication, and articles...
... Summary (PHS) scores were calculated from the MOS-HIV scale using a method that transforms the scores to a standardized scale with a mean of 50 and a standard deviation of 10 for that particular ... Casey-Bailey S, et al.: Tolerability and preference of lopinavir/ritonavir (Kaletra) capsules versus tablets in an African American cohort American Conference for the Treatment of HIV Dallas, TX ... E, Lazzarin A, et al.: Atazanavir plus ritonavir or saquinavir, and lopinavir/ ritonavir in patients experiencing multiple virological failures AIDS 2005, 19:685-694 Department of Human Health...
... echocardiography papillary fibroelastoma usually arise via a pedicle from mitral valve tissue or adjacent endocardium, and have a characteristic frond-like appearance [31] A remarkable feature that LS ... GR: Association of antibodies against phospholipids with heart valve disease in systemic lupus erythematosus Lancet 1990, 335:1541-4 Takayama T, Teramura M, Sakai H, Tamaki S, Okabayashi T, Kawashima ... caused by a broad range of etiologies Several general advantages of mitral valve repair over replacement include a lower operative mortality rate, higher survival rates, better maintainance of...
... symptoms Maximal pain on Pain > 3/10 on Pain localised at palpation of plantar initial the plantar heel fascia origin weightbearing Pain at worst on Diagnosis of plantar Pain localised at initial weightfasciitis ... Groups Type of Stretch A Plantar Fascia Thumb palpation of Plantar Fascia tension Hyland et al [17] B Porter et al [14] Tendo Gastrocnemius/ Achilles Soleus Plantar Fascia by therapist Tendo Achilles ... (newspaper and university adverts) Local community & physician referrals Pain localised at the plantar heel Pain at worst on initial weightbearing Diagnosis of plantar fasciitis by a Physician Diagnosis...