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Minimal Important Change and Minimal Clinically Important Difference in Pain and Function With Exercise in Hip Osteoarthritis

open access: yesArthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective The objective of this study was to estimate the minimal important change (MIC) and minimal clinically important difference (MCID) for pain and physical function in individuals with hip osteoarthritis (OA) following a physiotherapist‐guided exercise intervention.
Yareni Guerrero   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

The relationship between the health belief model constructs and medication compliance in the treatment of bipolar disorder [PDF]

open access: yes, 2001
textBipolar Disorder is commonly treated with medications that have been shown to be highly effective, yet there is an alarmingly high rate of people who do not take the prescribed medication and often suffer from a relapse of symptoms as a result.
Montgomery, Leigh Ann
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Formal and Informal Social Care in People With Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Diseases: A Cross‐Sectional Multicenter Survey

open access: yesArthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective Rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases (RMDs) are leading causes of physical disability, necessitating support with activities of daily living. This study describes social care received by patients with RMDs in two disparate regions of England: Salford (urban) and Norfolk (rural).
Mehreen Somro   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Clinical Significance of Therapeutic Drug Level Monitoring for Mycophenolate in Patients With Extrarenal Systemic Lupus Erythematosus—A Systematic Review and Meta‐Analysis

open access: yesArthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective Clinical response to mycophenolic acid (MPA) is highly heterogeneous; thus, therapeutic drug level monitoring (TDM) may help improve treatment efficacy. This systematic review and meta‐analysis examined therapeutic ranges for MPA levels associated with better outcomes and safety in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE ...
Zahraa Qamhieh   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Sociodemographic and clinical predictors of compliance with antidepressants for depressive disorders: systematic review of observational studies [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
Amado Rivero-Santana,1 Lilisbeth Perestelo-Perez,2,3 Jeanette Pérez-Ramos,1 Pedro Serrano-Aguilar,2,3 Carlos De las Cuevas2,4 1Canary Islands Foundation of Health and Research, 2Red de Investigacion en Servicios de Salud en Enfermedades ...
Perez-Ramos J   +3 more
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Developing and Evaluating a Laboratory‐Based Frailty Index for the Prediction of Long‐Term Health Outcomes in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

open access: yesArthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective We aimed to construct and evaluate the first laboratory‐based frailty index (FI‐Lab) for predicting adverse outcomes in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and to compare its predictive ability to that of an existing clinical FI. Methods We used data from a single‐center prospective cohort of adult patients with SLE whose baseline visit ...
Grace Burns   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Impact of Sanctions and Inspections on Firms’ Environmental Compliance Decisions [PDF]

open access: yes
Firms’ compliance decisions are expected to be strongly influenced by the expected fine for non-compliance with environmental regulations. In this paper we measure the effect of the probability of inspection and the size of the fine – jointly and ...
Rousseau Sandra
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Risk factors for defaulting from tuberculosis treatment: a prospective cohort study of 301 cases in The Gambia [PDF]

open access: yes, 2005
SETTING: An urban tuberculosis (TB) clinic, The Gambia.OBJECTIVE: To identify patient characteristics associated with increased rates of defaulting from treatment, specifically knowledge and cost factors amenable to intervention.DESIGN: Prospective ...
Hill, Sarah
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High Health Care Utilization Preceding Diagnosis With Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis

open access: yesArthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective Although early diagnosis improves long‐term outcomes, patients with juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) often experience prolonged, circuitous paths to diagnosis. To inform diagnostic improvement, we sought to characterize health care utilization in the year preceding diagnosis. Methods We identified 10,021 patients with an incident diagnosis
Anna Costello   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

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