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Health Status Indicators (3):
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Health Status Indicators
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We analyzed self-reported computer use, demographic variables, psychosocial variables, and health and well-being variables collected from 460 ethnically diverse, community-dwelling elders to investigate the relationship computer use has with demographics, well-being, and other key psychosocial varia...
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PMID: 22046718
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Canada is a country with large populations of immigrants and refugees. These populations face unique health challenges and barriers to accessing health care services. Amendments to the Canadian Immigration and Refugee Protection Act in 2002 have resulted in an increase in refugees with complex medica...
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PMID: 21913581
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Modern Healthcare (41)37 2011
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MMW Fortschritte der Medizin (153)36 2011
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Contemporary Nurse (37)1 2011
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To develop a scale for measuring refractive error quality of life (QOL) for Thai adults.
The full survey comprised 424 respondents from 5 medical centers in Bangkok and from 3 medical centers in Chiangmai, Songkla and KhonKaen provinces. Participants were emmetropes a...
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PMID: 21863681
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the orthostatic HR response and, to a lesser extent, SBP recoverability, appear impaired in frailty. Orthostatic haemodynamics may be useful markers of frailty....
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PMID: 21749997
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These results provide new and valuable insights regarding the onset, course, progression, and treatment of SD....
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PMID: 21859056
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The effect of health-related quality of life on in-hospital outcomes after coronary artery bypass grafting surgery has not been investigated in international multicenter studies. We hypothesized that poor preoperative health status is associated with mortality and length of hospital stay.
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PMID: 21641366
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The Nasal Obstruction Symptom Evaluation (NOSE) instrument is a disease-specific questionnaire for assessing the outcome of an intervention in nasal obstruction in trials. This instrument is only available in the English language and cross-culturally valid questionnaires are very important for all re...
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PMID: 21743882
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We assessed olfactory bulb volume of MS patients with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and related it to the OF....
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PMID: 21743881
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The Surgeon (9)3 2011
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Recent guidelines recommend early surgical treatment of hip fractures in the elderly. The aim of the present study is to analyse the factors delaying surgical treatment of hip fractures in elderly patients by more than 2 days and to investigate whether these factors are consistent between a teaching...
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PMID: 21550517
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Home telehealth provides an innovative and pragmatic approach to enhance earlier detection of key clinical symptoms requiring intervention. Transmission of education and advice to the patient on an ongoing basis with close surveillance by nurses can improve clinical outcomes in patients with comorbi...
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PMID: 21476945
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We evaluated the prognostic impact of valvuloarterial impedance (Zva).
Zva in AS, a measure of global afterload taking into account systemic arterial compliance, has been proposed for risk stratification in paradoxical LGAS. We hypothesized that Zva could help risk stratification in...
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PMID: 21555457
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To describe the prevalence of coexisting conditions that affect clinical decision-making in adults with coronary heart disease (CHD).
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PMID: 21568950
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To explore the associations between frailty and reproductive axis hormones (as an important regulatory system) in middle aged and older men.
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PMID: 21568952
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To evaluate, under real-life practice conditions in UK primary care, asthma control and cost-effectiveness of commencing therapy with leukotriene antagonists compared with inhaled corticosteroids (ICSs) as initial controller therapy and compared with long-acting β2-agonist as add-on...
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PMID: 21554855
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We studied 40 adults (30F/10M; mean age 39.2 years) with atrial septal defect (ASD) [average pulmonary-to-systemic blood flow ratio (Qp/Qs) 2.1 ± 0.7]. Standard echocardiographic evaluation was completed with right ventricular dimensions, parameters of its global [tricuspid annular plane systolic e...
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PMID: 21493631
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Respiratory Care (56)4 2011
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This study assessed the ability of the SYNTAX score (SXscore) to stratify risk in patients treated with percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) using zotarolimus-eluting or everolimus-eluting stents.
The SXscore can identify patients treated with PCI who are at highe...
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PMID: 21511223
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Is timed up and go better than gait speed in predicting health, function, and falls in older adults?
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To assess whether the Timed Up and Go (TUG) is superior to gait speed in predicting multiple geriatric outcomes.
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PMID: 21410448
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A novel system for the vascular tree identification and the quantitative estimation of arteriolar venular ratio clinical index in retinal fundus images is presented. The system is composed of a module for automatic vascular tracking, an interactive editing interface to correct errors and set the requ...
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PMID: 20952330
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To study root caries and risk profiles using the Cariogram in relation to periodontal disease severity and to analyse indicators associated with high caries risk.
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PMID: 21142897
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The optimal management of thoracolumbar spine fractures remains a matter of controversy. The current literature implies that the use of short-segment pedicle screw fixation may be inappropriate because of its high reported failure rate. The purpose of this study is to report the short-term results of...
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PMID: 21603733
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To meet challenges arising from increasing rates of noncoverage in US landline-based telephone samples due to cell-phone-only households, the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) expanded a traditional landline-based random digit dialing survey to a dual-frame survey of landline and cel...
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PMID: 21343246
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Respiratory Care (56)6 2011
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Information on the benefits of pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) in patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is growing, but PR's effects on certain important outcomes is lacking.
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PMID: 21333082
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To study the health related quality of life (HRQOL) among Thai unilateral lower limb amputees and determine the factors associated with a good HRQOL.
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PMID: 21534374
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Resolution of discrepancy between advances in medicine and limited resources.
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PMID: 21656996
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Tumor grade, age, extent of resection, and performance status are established prognostic factors for survival in primary brain tumor (PBT) patients. Development of disease-related symptoms is predictive of tumor recurrence in other cancers but has not been reported in the PBT population.
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PMID: 21264841
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: To examine the feasibility of using lower body positive pressure supported (LBPPS) treadmill training to improve the walking abilities, balance and lower extremity strength of children with cerebral palsy (CP).
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PMID: 21829114
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: We investigated the feasibility and construct validity of the Dynamic Gait Index (DGI) in children and explored interrater and test-retest reliability.
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PMID: 21829122
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I Gross Motor Functional Classification System, exhibited typical impairments in body systems and functions that affected her participation in age-appropriate functional and leisure activities. The child's performance on the Gross Motor Function Measure-66, the Pediatric Outcomes Data Collection Ins...
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PMID: 21829130
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Objective. To establish an early diagnostic system for hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy (HIE) in newborns based on artificial neural networks and to determine its feasibility. Methods. Based on published research as well as preliminary studies in our laboratory, multiple noninvasive indicators with hi...
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PMID: 21811381
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Heuristic evaluation and user testing can help identify usability problems in the early stages of application development, and improve the construct validity of electronic assessments such as the HEADACHE-CAT. An improved computerized HEADACHE-CAT measure can offer headache sufferers an efficient to...
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PMID: 21214341
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Self-management support is an emerging aspect of chronic care management. We established the feasibility of conducting a randomized, controlled trial using e-PHRs for patient self-management. We did not find that e-PHR-enabled self-management augmented multidisciplinary MS center-based care, possibl...
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PMID: 21214498
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We recommend close tracking of maternal mortality and its determinants in Nepal, attention to the communication of future estimates, and various options for bridging data gaps....
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PMID: 21637836
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: The purpose of this systematic review was to identify valid, reliable, and clinically practical measures of function/activity for children with cerebral palsy.
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PMID: 21829113
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Public Health Reports (126)5 2011
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We examined trends and epidemiology of tuberculosis (TB) across racial/ethnic groups to better understand TB disparities in the United States, with particular focus on American Indians/Alaska Natives (AI/ANs) and Native Hawaiians/other Pacific Islanders (NH/PIs).
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PMID: 21886328
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The quality of underground waters from 22 areas of the Orenburg Region was studied from the values of mineralization and pH and the amounts of the ions of Se, Cl, Pb, Cd, F, and phenols. High fluorine ion concentrations (5-12 mg/l), high mineralization (> 1 g/l), and alkalinity (pH > 8.0) were shown...
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PMID: 21510052
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To investigate the relationships between pubertal gynecomastia, prostate-specific antigen (PSA), free androgen index (FAI), sex hormone-binding globulin (SHBG) and sex steroids.
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PMID: 21528817
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To compare the impact of ankylosing spondylitis (AS) on health-related quality of life (HRQL) and of adalimumab on initial and sustained improvement in HRQL for patients with active AS versus the general US population.
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PMID: 21813060
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Critical Care Medicine (39)1 2011
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We explored whether using an integrated monitoring system that continuously amalgamates single noninvasive monitoring parameters (heart rate, respiratory rate, blood pressure, and peripheral oxygen saturation) into AN instability index value (INDEX) correlated with our single-parameter cardiorespira...
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PMID: 20935559
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Typically, burn wound infections are classified by the organisms present in the wound within the first several days after injury or later by routine surveillance cultures. With universal acceptance of early excision and grafting, classification of burn wound colonization in unexcised...
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PMID: 21252689
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We hypothesized that communities with higher degrees of socioeconomic deprivation tend to have a higher ratio of metastatic to non-metastatic cancer cases (lung, breast, prostate, female genital system, colorectal cancers or all types of cancers combined). In this study, we investigate the potential...
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PMID: 21294886
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Hib vaccine has gradually been introduced into more and more countries during the past two decades, partly due to GAVI Alliance support to low-income countries. However, since Hib disease burden is difficult to establish in settings with limited diagnostic capacities and since the vaccine continues t...
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PMID: 21720546
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Medical Care (48)11 2010
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If a brief measure is desired, the 3-item PEG is more responsive than the SF bodily pain scale. CPG and SF bodily pain scales may be relatively poor choices for trial outcome assessment. Both anchor and distribution-based methods should be considered when determining clinically important change....
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PMID: 20856144
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Environmental Research (110)8 2010
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According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), global warming has the potential to dramatically disrupt some of life's essential requirements for health, water, air and food. Understanding how Australians perceive the risk of global warming is essential for climate change policy and planning. The...
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PMID: 20889150
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Gastroenterology (139)5 2010
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We assessed the sustainability of early QOL benefits after LTX.
Patients who underwent LTX (n = 381) were followed for 12 years. We collected clinical information, survival data, and data on 5 QOL domains: physical distress (PHY), psychological distress (PSY), social/role function (SRF), personal fu...
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PMID: 20600035
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Psicothema (22)4 2010
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This work identifies which psychosocial, clinical and perceived health status factors predict health-resource use in Fibromyalgia (FM), considering the patients' assistance level. Participants were 315 FM patients from Primary Care (PC: n=101) and Rheumatology Services (RS: n=214). Stepwise regressi...
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PMID: 21044477
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Australian family physician (39)11 2010
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Central sensitisation is associated with chronic pain in whiplash patients. Predicting which patients will develop central sensitisation is difficult but patient expectations of recovery predict a variety of outcomes in whiplash patients.
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PMID: 21301661
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Clinical Nephrology (74)5 2010
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We measured serum creatinine in 38,188 consecutive patients and calculated eGFR using the CKD-EPI and MDRD equations. We also compared the distribution of CKD stages for both equations.
There was very good correlation between eGFR estimated by CKD-EPI and MDRD at values < 60 ml/min × 1.73 m2, but n...
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PMID: 20979944
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We designed this study to discern the childhood cancer treatment decision-making (TDM) process in these families. Using grounded theory, we interviewed 15 custodial parents, nonresidential parents, and stepparents who had previously made a major treatment decision for their children with cancer. "Mo...
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PMID: 20980698
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ASImed was best able to discriminate among patients with and without chronic conditions. The MAP-PHS and MAP-MHS were not unidimensional. ASImed and ASIpsych had prominent ceiling effects. ASImed, MAP-MHS, MAP-PHS, EQ-VAS, and EQ-5D were all responsive to decreases in illicit drug use. CONCLUSION: N...
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PMID: 20236799
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Identification of sufficient study participants proved feasible. Sampling frames differed from nationally estimated proportions of persons with intellectual disabilities living with families or in residential settings. Sometimes, people with intellectual disabilities were hard to trace. Consent proc...
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PMID: 20304607
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Reliability and validity of GRCSs and Punum Ladders were acceptable. However, closer analysis of the relation between change scores and CQLQ pretest and posttest scores showed that the GRCS was only related to patient's present state, whereas the Punum Ladder was associated with both initial and pre...
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PMID: 20303709
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American Surgeon (76)10 2010
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We established three criteria for admission to intensive care unit or step down versus ward beds: (1) concomitant cholangitis, (2) heart rate >110 beats/min, and (3) blood urea nitrogen >15 mg/dL. The purpose of this study was to determine whether these criteria would be effective in decreasing moni...
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PMID: 21105631
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