... lost at follow- up had the same likelihood of participation restriction (examining onset and persistence separately), within strata defined by age, gender, educational attainment, occupational class ... wanted" in all aspects of life at baseline indicated that they were not doing so inat least one aspect of life three years later, whereas almost one third of those who had a restriction at baseline ... persistence of any restriction at three -year follow- upin older adults who completed the KAP at three year follow- up and those lost at follow- up; overall and stratified by age and gender Estimated onset...
... presence and Medical complications The pediatric oncologist in charge was asked to rate medical complications in each patient at weeks and year using a 3-point Likert severity scale: = no complications; ... life Table reveals associations between individual characteristics of the patients, medical variables, and TACQOL scales at weeks and one yearAt both time points, socioeconomic status was not associated ... study, participated in the interpretation of data and helped to draft the manuscript FKN helped to design the study and participated in the acquisition and interpretation of data HEG and FHS participated...
... indicators were feasible for audit and feedback as part of the implementation strategy, and a six-month follow- up showed favourable changes in clinical practice [22] Settings and participating clinics ... to involve all staff at the clinic in adapting the guidelines for local use Using local teams facilitated collaborative partnerships, integrated knowledge, and action Thus, the team members gained ... Organization: International statistical classification of diseases and related health problems, Tenth Revision Geneva, Switzerland: World Health Organization, Second 2004 American Psychiatric Association:...
... indicators were feasible for audit and feedback as part of the implementation strategy, and a six-month follow- up showed favourable changes in clinical practice [22] Settings and participating clinics ... to involve all staff at the clinic in adapting the guidelines for local use Using local teams facilitated collaborative partnerships, integrated knowledge, and action Thus, the team members gained ... Organization: International statistical classification of diseases and related health problems, Tenth Revision Geneva, Switzerland: World Health Organization, Second 2004 American Psychiatric Association:...
... cross-jurisdictional datalinkage The WADLS data used in this study were prepared by the Western Australian Data Linkage Unit (WADLU) WACHS data for children and their carers were linked with health service ... Clinical Modification (ICD9-CM) Sydney: National Coding Centre 1996 13 National Centre for Classification in Health: The International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, ... Unadjusted and adjusted hazard ratios for hospitalisation with deliberate self-harm over a 14 -year follow- up period, for children aged 4-16 years in 1993, by maternal age of child’s carer attempts,...
... this article as: Lier et al.: Quality of life among patients undergoing bariatric surgery: associations with mental health- Ayear follow- upstudy of bariatric surgery patients Health and Quality ... were available from 87 patients (69%) Assessment All patients were assessed by face to face interviews by a psychiatrist (1st author) at preoperative assessment At Lier et al Health and Quality ... preoperative assessment to follow- up one year after bariatric surgery Patients without postoperative psychiatric disorders had HRQOL comparable to the population norm at follow- up one year after surgery...
... general bodily pain (e.g back pain) as opposed to knee pain Veerapen et al., found that back pain was more common than knee joint pain in Asian populations [27] and back pain was reported as a significant ... The study had higher drop-out rates in following up the patients A sensitivity analysis was conducted by calculating the mean of the outcome measures at each time point using all available measurements ... measurements and comparing with those using completers only, and this made very little difference General health of patients was worse at two- years than that at baseline General health Page of is also...
... al.: Health related quality of life in trauma patients Data from a one -year followupstudy compared with the general population Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine ... collecting the data, performing the data analyses and writing the article LS also collected data ISB, LS and HM participated in the planning of the study and discussions during data analyses, read ... were replaced with the patients’ mean value for each subscale Data on categorical variables are presented as numbers and percentages, and those with ordinal scale as median Continuous data are presented...
... We also estimated a prevalence of missing cases of about 10-15% It was therefore calculated that with a sample of 239 participants at baseline and about 200 subjects enrolled ata one -year follow- up ... confirmation of their currently living at home so that data on survival and living arrangements one year after the baseline visit were available for all (Figure 1) The main characteristics of the participants ... with a greater risk of falls at one year is also a novel one A possible explanation could be that a poor QOL at the baseline visit actually selected a subset of participants who had already experienced...
... supportive and encouraging in an occupation that has had a reputation of being too masculine Acknowledgements The study was funded by The Eastern Norway Regional Health Authority and The Laerdal Foundation ... exhaustion and musculoskeletal pain at one -year follow- up The personality variable neuroticism was an independent predictor of an increase across all health complaints over the one -year follow- up period ... noteworthy that personality was marginally related to low job satisfaction, which may indicate that the ambulance services successfully attract a type of people who are highly motivated to this kind of...
... (which included clinical presentation and premorbid personality), medical history, mental status examination, physical examination, laboratory investigations, treatment and the progress, in terms ... treatment in our setting was a combination of a neuroleptic and a benzodiazepine, usually Haloperidol and Lorazepam This combination accounted for the treatment of over a third of patients and ... patients had a higher mortality rate during the 2year follow- up period and that stressed the importance of after-discharge carein those patients Higher death rates have also been found among the...
... Tsuda T, Yasuda N, Babazono A, Yamamoto E: Smoking and mental health: cross-sectional and cohort studies in an occupational setting in Japan Prev Med 2001, 32:371-375 Tanaka et al BMC Psychiatry ... 12 Ministry of Health, Labour, and Welfare, Japan: White Paper on the Labour Economy Tokyo; 2004 13 Miyaji NT, Higashi A, Ozasa K, Watanabe Y, Aoike A, Kawai K: Depression, health status and ... 10 Kivela SL, Kongas-Saviard P, Kimmo P, Kesti E, Laippala P: Health, health behaviour and functional ability predicting depression in old age: a longitudinal study Int J Geriatr Psychiatry 1996,...
... related disability in the Saskatchewan population Spine 2000, 25(9):1109-1117 Aromaa A, Koskinen S: Health and functional capacity in Finland: Baseline results of the health 2000 health examination ... statistical analysis and participated in drafting of the manuscript JY was the principal investigators of the original study and prepared study design, data collection and participated in drafting ... combined with manual therapy were more effective in treating patients with neck pain than were alternative strategies Although strength training seems to be an efficient way of treating patients...
... in full scan (MS data) and also in data-dependent scan (MS/MS data) mode with a capillary temperature of 250°C, a sheath gas flow of 17 arbitrary unities, a source voltage of 3.6 kV, and a capillary ... performed statistical analysis and wrote the study; RI and SLB gave substantial contribution to acquisition of data, analysis and interpretation of data; GP, CF, FI, GZ, MB, and TC, participated in the ... further analysis RP-HPLC-ESI-MS analysis All HPLC-MS reagents have been of analytical grade and have been purchased from Farmitalia Carlo Erba (Milan, Italy), Merck (Damstadt, Germany), and Sigma-Aldrich...
... separately in different minor groups The national Norwegian database for primary education (GSI) was used to enumerate all pupils attending any of the targeted grades in all schools and relevant ... when assessing changes in QoL in clinical populations Abbreviations ANOVA: Analysis of variance; ANCOVA: Analysis of covariance; EM: Expectation maximization; ES: Effect size; ICC: Intraclass ... not included in the analysis, but was used in calculating KINDL QoL total score for all grades Assessment procedures One teacher at each school was appointed as a project coordinator and given information...
... Physical activity and change in quality of life during menopause –an 8 -year followup study Jaana M Moilanen1, Anna-Mari Aalto2, Jani Raitanen1,3, Elina Hemminki2, Arja R Aro4, Riitta Luoto3,5 ... physical activity and menopausal status in change in quality of life among menopausal women Methods The baseline data come from ahealth examination study entitled Health 2000 This was carried ... statistical packages Results At baseline the mean age of the study sample was 47.0 years and in 2008 it was 56.0 years The proportion of women reporting at least moderate physical activity (at...
... statistics are presented as means with standard deviations, medians and ranges, as appropriate Variables were investigated using Student’s two- sample t test for continuous variables, and Pearson’s ... Strengths and limitations In this study, data were collected over a period varying from 19 to 41 years (the mean follow- up period was 30 years) ina longitudinal follow- upstudy to examine the link ... combination of internalizing and externalizing symptoms appeared to add to the prediction of later antisocial behaviour in adolescence During the last decades, there has been a growing interest in...
... of Variance (ANOVA), with repeated measurements and initial scores as covariate [16] Matched-pairs ANOVA model was used for analysis within groups For change within groups, cross-table analysis ... assessing osteoarthritis and clinical trials with agents claiming "chondromodulating" activity Osteoarthritis Cartilage 1994, 2:1-23 Altman DG: Comparing groups - continuous data In Practical statistics ... Hielm-Bjorkman A, Raekallio M, Kuusela E, Saarto E, Markkola A, Tulamo RM: Double-blind evaluation of implants of gold wire at acupuncture points in the dog as a treatment for osteoarthritis induced...
... participated in patient enrolment, and participated in writing and revising of the manuscript AGD provided statistical analysis of results and interpretation, and participated in the writing and ... decision maker Contact information for both the patient and next of kin was obtained To avoid an imbalance between APC and standard care patients from each site, each participating site enrolled in ... that the physical functioning domain had a standard deviation of 20.0 points [18] With the same magnitude of variation anticipated in our study, we anticipated that this sample size would have...