Feasibility, reliability and validity of health-related quality of life questionnaire among adult pulmonary tuberculosis patients in urban Uganda: cross-sectional study docx

... H Open Access Feasibility, reliability and validity of health-related quality of life questionnaire among adult pulmonary tuberculosis patients in urban Uganda: cross-sectional study Harriet ... availability of standard instruments for evaluating health-related quality life (HRQoL), the feasibility, reliability, and validity of such ins...

Ngày tải lên: 15/03/2014, 03:20

... Belgium. 4 Ministry of Health, National Tuberculosis and Leprosy Program, Lusaka, Zambia. 5 Tuberculosis Research Section, Laboratory of Clinical Infectious Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, ... aspect in patient manage- ment that ensures patient understanding of disease and treatment. The effects of non-dialogue counselling were demonstrat...

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... to interpretation of the data and writing of the manuscript. AA has participated in the design of the study, the interpretation of results and writing of the manuscript. All authors read and ... of preparation of the manuscript starting from inception of the project, collection of data, analysis and interpretation of results and writing of the manuscript an...

Ngày tải lên: 15/03/2014, 03:20

... prevalence of choroidal granuloma in 109 patients with fever and tuberculosis was reported in a prospective study in 2002 [8]. Biswas and Badrinath examined 2,010 eyes of pulmonary TB patients and found ... objective of this study was to determine the prevalence of presumed ocular tuberculosis among diagnosed pulmonary tuberculosis patients in a ter...

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... retinol and zinc in malnourished patients were more pronounced than in healthy controls and well-nourished patients. Furthermore, the prevalence of low concentrations of vitamin A and zinc ... Vitamin A levels to be associated with more extensive or severe disease, and low levels of retinol binding protein, prealbumin and albumin [2]. They also found that a high dose...

Ngày tải lên: 22/03/2014, 18:20

... been suggested, including ir regular drug intake, inadequate treat- ment of prior TB episode, prior history of TB, and prior use of rifamycins and rifabutin in treatment of T B and other bacterial infections ... against INH in eight (4.1%), against RMP in three (1.6%), and against SM in two (1.0%) subjects. 3.1. Drug Resistance among New Cases. Among the 156 new ca...

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... power of the study 50 cases and 100 controls were recruited Study procedure Data abstraction was done from medical records, patients charts, and clinic cards in addition to interviewing patients. ... years of age, in addition to the consent of their parents or guardians. Study site The study was conducted between June and December 2007 at Uganda’s main national refer...

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... materials and teaching/ learning conditions and suitability of set-up training objectives. Testing and Teaching Testing and teaching are closely related because it is impossible to work in either ... test. Final achievement tests are those administered at the end of a course of study. They may be written and administered by ministries of education, official examining boa...

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... data from clinical trials studying atomoxetine and using the CHIP-CE in the Lilly data base were included. The total number of patients included in the combined analysis was 794. Three of these ... track changes in QoL over time. The internal consistency of domains and sub- domains was robust against single missing items, except for changes in the TA sub-domain and the A...

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