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Psychiatric Morbidity among Elderly People Living in Old Age Homes and in the Community: A Comparative Study [PDF]

, 2012
Background: Disorders such as depression, anxiety, cognitive and psychotic disorders have a high prevalence among elderly. There is some preliminary evidence that life in old age homes is perceived by inmates as more supportive, though the issue is not ...
Majgi, SM, Mathew, J, Nagaraj, AKM, Nanjegowda, RB, Purushothama, SM   +4 more
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Construing and body dissatisfaction in chronic depression: a study of body psychotherapy. [PDF]

, 2018
© 2018 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.The frequent association of depression with somatic symptoms suggests that body psychotherapy may be an appropriate therapeutic intervention for people with chronic depression.
Ahmed, S., Benson, B., Cipolletta, Sabrina, Malighetti, Clelia, Rohricht, F., Winter, David   +5 more
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Improvements in Health‐Related Quality of Life with Treat‐to‐Target Urate‐Lowering Therapy in Gout: A Post‐hoc Analysis of a Randomized Multicenter Trial

Arthritis Care &Research, Accepted Article.
Background While treat‐to‐target urate‐lowering therapy (ULT) is endorsed as best practice in gout management, limited data exist on its impact on health‐related quality of life (HRQoL). We assessed the impact of treat‐to‐target ULT on HRQoL among participants receiving protocolized gout care, identifying factors associated with HRQoL and HRQoL change.
Austin Barry, Bryant R. England, Harlan Sayles, Lindsay N. Helget, Maria Androsenko, Hongsheng Wu, Kaleb Michaud, Bridget Kramer, Jeff A. Newcomb, Mary T. Brophy, Anne Davis‐Karim, Ryan Ferguson, Michael H. Pillinger, Tuhina Neogi, Paul M. Palevsky, James R. O'Dell, Ted R. Mikuls   +16 more
wiley   +1 more source

Visual Analogue Scale: Evaluation of the Instrument for the Assess­ment of Pruritus

Acta Dermato Venereologica, 2012
The aim of this study was to evaluate the visual analogue scale (VAS) as a method of pruritus assessment. A total of 310 subjects with pruritic dermatoses (148 Caucasian subjects and 162 Asian subjects) were recruited. The patients assessed pruritus intensity using the horizontal and vertical VAS, numeric rating scale (NRS) and verbal rating scale (VRS)
Kenji Takamori, Jacek C Szepietowski, Jacek C Szepietowski, Monika Heisig, Masutaka Furue, Ngoc Quan Phan, Christine Blome, Satoshi Takeuchi, Kenichi Taneda, Sonja Ständer, Matthias Augustin, Adam Reich   +11 more
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Considerations for Issues of Regression to the Mean and Contextual Effects in Clinical Trials for Pain in Rheumatic Diseases

Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Recently, there has been growing discussion about how to best assess pain in clinical trials in rheumatic diseases. Reliable measurement of pain outcomes is essential for accurately determining the effectiveness of treatments. Although pain intensity is the most common measure of change in pain trials, other pain‐related measures, such as pain ...
Yen T. Chen, Guohao Zhu, Afton L. Hassett, Daniel Clauw, Susan L. Murphy   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Perceptions about asymptomatic hyperuricemia and views about urate‐lowering therapy in people with asymptomatic hyperuricemia

Arthritis Care &Research, Accepted Article.
Background/Aims Asymptomatic hyperuricemia is a precursor of gout and is also associated with cardiovascular disease and chronic kidney disease. The aim of this study was to understand perceptions about asymptomatic hyperuricemia and views about urate‐lowering therapy in people with asymptomatic hyperuricemia.
Nicola Dalbeth, Sarah Stewart, Gregory D Gamble, Borislav Mihov, Lisa K Stamp, Janine Haslett, William J Taylor, Tony R Merriman, Adwoa Dansoa Tabi‐Amponsah, Anne Horne, Tuhina Neogi, Tristan Pascart, Mariano Andrés, Maria‐Luisa Peral‐Garrido, Eleonora Norkuviene, Janitzia Vazquez Mellado, Till Uhlig, Mingshu Sun, Changgui Li, Keith J Petrie   +19 more
wiley   +1 more source

COMPARISON OF DEXXMEDETOMIDINE AND MIDAZOLAM FOR SEDATION AND ANALGESIA DURING SEPTOPLASTY UNDER MONITORED ANESTHESIA CARE

Pakistan Armed Forces Medical Journal, 2020
Objective: To compare dexmedetomidine and midazolam for effective sedation and pain relief during monitored anesthesia care for septoplasty using ramsay sedation scale and visual analogue scale. Study Design: Prospective observational study.
Faisal Wahid, Aftab Hussain, Hina Iftikhar, Faiz Ur Rehman, Ahmed Mushtaq, Muhammad Javad Yousaf   +5 more
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The Clinical Report on the 3 Cases of Sciatica treated on Direct Moxibustion

Journal of Pharmacopuncture, 2007
Objectives : The purpose of this report is to examine the effects of direct moxibustion on the Low back pain and Lowerlimb radiating pain. Methods : The patients were hospitalized in Daejeon Univ.
Jun-Hyuk Kang, Se-Jong Kim, Jang-Woo Park, Seo-Young Hong, Il-Ji Yoon, Dong-Seok Heo, Min-Seok Oh   +6 more
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Transform of visual analogue scale data and their clustering

International Journal of Knowledge Engineering and Soft Data Paradigms, 2011
We propose a hierarchical clustering for the visual analogue scale (VAS) in the framework of symbolic data analysis (SDA). The VAS is a method that can be readily understood by most people to measure a characteristic or attitude that cannot be directly measured.
Kotoe Katayama, Seiya Imoto, Rui Yamaguchi, Satoru Miyano, Kenji Watanabe, Keiko Matsuura   +5 more
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Disease activity flares and pain flares in an early rheumatoid arthritis inception cohort; characteristics, antecedents and sequelae [PDF]

, 2019
© 2019 The Author(s). This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium ...
Ferguson, Eamonn, James, Richard J E, Kiely, Patrick D W, McWilliams, Daniel F, Rahman, Shimin, Walsh, David A, Young, Adam   +6 more
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