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Enhancing patient engagement in cancer research: a focus on patient‐centric approaches to scientific discovery

Molecular Oncology, EarlyView.
Patient engagement involves actively including patients in healthcare decisions and research to ensure care and studies align with their needs. This approach improves outcomes, trust, and communication while fostering collaboration between patients and professionals.
Estela Cepeda, Marina Reguero, Vanesa Abón, Marta Puyol   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Multicolumn spinal cord stimulation for predominant back pain in failed back surgery syndrome patients: a multicenter randomized controlled trial

Pain, 2019
Supplemental Digital Content is Available in the Text. Adding multicolumn spinal cord stimulation to optimal medical management improved pain relief, health-related quality of life, and function in a traditionally difficult to treat population of failed ...
P. Rigoard, S. Basu, M. Desai, R. Taylor, L. Annemans, Ye Tan, Mary Jo Johnson, Carine Van den Abeele, R. North   +8 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Understanding facilitators of research participation among adults with self-reported chronic pain – a survey examining hypothetical research participation

BMC Medical Research Methodology
Background An inability to successfully recruit participants into clinical research has consequences that negatively affect the conduct and reliability of research studies.
Charles Start, Meagan McBride, Guohao Zhu, Sana Shaikh, Jennifer Pierce   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Long non‐coding RNAs as therapeutic targets in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma and clinical application

FEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.
Long non‐coding RNAs (lncRNAs) occupy an abundant fraction of the eukaryotic transcriptome and an emerging area in cancer research. Regulation by lncRNAs is based on their subcellular localization in HNSCC. This cartoon shows the various functions of lncRNAs in HNSCC discussed in this review.
Ellen T. Tran, Ruchi A. Patel, Amogh Chariyamane, Ratna B. Ray   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

3-D pain drawings-mobile data collection using a PDA [PDF]

, 2008
A large number of the adult population suffers from some kind of back pain during their lifetime. Part of the process of diagnosing and treating such back pain is for a clinician to collect information as to the type and location of the pain that is ...
Frank, AO, Ghinea, G, Serif, T, Spyridonis, F   +3 more
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Use of Numeric Rating Scale (NRS) as Visual Analogue Scale (VAS): Is this Clinically Significant?

Pakistan Armed Forces Medical Journal, 2023
Objective: To analyze statistically significant differences between the Numeric Rating Scale (NRS) and Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) in low back pain (LBP) patients.   Study Design: Prospective longitudinal Study.
lbrahim Farooq Pasha, Atiq Ur Rehman, Asim Niaz Naqvi, Syed Junaid Ismail, Salman Ashfaq, Muhammad Asad Qureshi   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Empowering young minds through STEM education: Engaging high schoolers in Ghana through medical physics

Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics, EarlyView.
Abstract Purpose To promote diversity in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM), an educational presentation and hands‐on session was organised to raise awareness of STEM career opportunities among high school girls to introduce the students to the field of medical physics. Materials and Methods The study involved 65 first‐year Senior
Afua A. Yorke, Mercy T. Schandorf, Abigail N. M. Quaye, Peniel Tenkorama Twum, Bishwambhar Sengupta, Kwadwo Nkansah‐Poku, Juliana A. Kplorfia, Jessica Fagestrom   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Effects of Pharmacologic and Nonpharmacologic Interventions for the Management of Sleep Problems in People With Fibromyalgia: Systematic Review and Network Meta‐Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials

Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective Fibromyalgia is a chronic condition characterized by widespread musculoskeletal pain and fatigue. Almost everyone with fibromyalgia has sleep problems. We aimed to evaluate the effectiveness and safety of current interventions for the management of fibromyalgia‐related sleep problems.
Jemma Hudson, Mari Imamura, Clare Robertson, Daniel Whibley, Lorna Aucott, Katie Gillies, Paul Manson, Debra Dulake, Abhishek Abhishek, Nicole K. Y. Tang, Gary J. Macfarlane, Miriam Brazzelli   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

Care for low back pain: can health systems deliver?

Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 2019
Low back pain is the leading cause of years lived with disability globally. In 2018, an international working group called on the World Health Organization to increase attention on the burden of low back pain and the need to avoid excessively medical ...
A. Traeger, R. Buchbinder, A. Elshaug, P. Croft, C. Maher   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Low Back Pain

Journal of Back and Musculoskeletal Rehabilitation, 1990
Why do so many patients opt for a surgical solution to lumbosacral (L-S) radicular pain? A rhetoric as well as specific question.Recently a Big Ten coach underwent the scalpel for the third time in two years. "Pain" not masochism was his response when questioned by the press, "Why the knife?"Most physicians and patients equate the severity of L-S ...
openaire   +8 more sources