Weight Loss and Illness Severity in Adolescents With Atypical Anorexia Nervosa. [PDF]
BACKGROUND:Lower weight has historically been equated with more severe illness in anorexia nervosa (AN). Reliance on admission weight to guide clinical concern is challenged by the rise in patients with atypical anorexia nervosa (AAN) requiring ...
Accurso, Erin C+13 more
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Clinical Trial Readiness in Limb Girdle Muscular Dystrophy R1 (LGMDR1): A GRASP Consortium Study
ABSTRACT Objective Identifying functional measures that are both valid and reliable in the limb girdle muscular dystrophy (LGMD) population is critical for quantifying the level of functional impairment related to disease progression in order to establish clinical trial readiness in the context of anticipated therapeutic trials.
Stephanie M. Hunn+29 more
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CONSTIPATION SCORING SYSTEM VALIDATED FOR THE PORTUGUESE LANGUAGE (ÍNDICE DE GRAVIDADE DA CONSTIPAÇÃO INTESTINAL): IS IT RELIABLE IN ASSESSING THE SEVERITY OF INTESTINAL CHRONIC CONSTIPATION IN OUR POPULATION? [PDF]
BACKGROUND: There is a lack of valid and specific tools to measure chronic constipation severity in Brazil. AIMS: To validate the Constipation Scoring System for Brazilian spoken Portuguese.
Ilario FROEHNER JUNIOR+4 more
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HSP: A Tool for Heat Stress Prevention for Farm Workers [PDF]
We present the initial development of an integrated application for heat stress and heat related illness prevention in farm workers. In developing the application we have follow the OSHA guidelines and an extended project includes the social, cultural ...
Gomez, Lorena G.+3 more
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Exercise for acute respiratory infections [PDF]
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Del Mar, Chris B+4 more
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Objective The National Institute of Health and Care Excellence (NICE) criteria for osteoarthritis (OA) obviate the need for physical examination or imaging, and their use may improve timely diagnosis of OA. However, they have not been validated. Methods Within a larger study of individuals with type 2 diabetes, participants with and without self ...
Lauren K. King+6 more
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Illness Severity among Non-English, Non-Spanish Speaking Patients in a Public Emergency Department [PDF]
Background: Patients with limited English proficiency (LEP) have poor health outcomes compared to English proficient patients. Most studies on language proficiency and health disparities focus on Spanish.
Dirvonas, Tyler, M.D.+4 more
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Objective We aimed to characterize patients with hand osteoarthritis (OA) with deteriorating or improving hand pain and to investigate patients achieving good clinical outcome after four years. Methods We used four‐year annual Australian/Canadian Hand Osteoarthritis Index (AUSCAN) pain subscale (range 0–20) measurements from the Hand OSTeoArthritis in ...
Coen van der Meulen+5 more
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Development of the ASQoL: a quality of life instrument specific to ankylosing spondylitis [PDF]
Background: Although disease-specific health status measures are available for ankylosing spondylitis (AS), no instrument exists for assessing quality of life (QoL) in the condition.
Chamberlain, M.A.+9 more
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Relationship Between Gout Flare States and Patient‐Reported Outcomes After Allopurinol Initiation
Objective Gout flares are the most important clinical feature of the disease. A hypothetical maximum flare occurrence in the preceding six months has been suggested to be no flares for a patient‐acceptable symptom state (PASS) and only one flare for low disease activity (LDA).
Lisa K. Stamp+6 more
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