eecp in the general population

... for assessing the methodological quality of studies on the relationship between Type D personality and the general population problems in apparently healthy individuals from the general population ... during experimental stress Type D was also associated with a decreased activity in the amygdala in response to fearful expressions [10], suggesting inadequate emotion-processing in the brain Finally, ... endothelial progenitor cells [47] in cardiac patients These initial findings are promising, but more research is needed to examine the cardiovascular effects of stress in apparently healthy individuals...

Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 19:20

... individual in 11 aspects of life mapped to domains and sub-domains of the ICF: mobility within the home, mobility outside the home, self-care, looking after belongings, looking after the home, looking ... and age for the remaining nine aspects of life Persistence was greater in women than men for four aspects of life (looking after the home, looking after belongings, interpersonal interaction, ... Croft P: The effect of age on the onset of pain interference in a general population of older adults: Prospective findings from the North Staffordshire Osteoarthritis Project (NorStOP) Pain 2007,...

Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 19:20

... found that the MHI-3 performs almost as well as the MHI-5 The best-performing single item was the one asking about "feeling downhearted and blue," which was also the case in the US [6] The usefulness ... knowledge that they are subjects in a study of mental health Embedding the mental-health screening instrument in a more general survey, as the MHI-5 is embedded in the SF-36, could help minimize any ... positive feelings, their scoring was reversed The score for the MHI-5 was computed by summing the scores of each question item and then transforming the raw scores to a 0–100-point scale [18]...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 15:20

... conducted in the USA, 21 (28%) in the UK, (10%) in Australia, and (5%) in Germany, with the remaining 15 studies (20%) conducted in other regions More than half of studies (66%) conducted a clinical ... supervision, including interpretation of data and critical revision of the manuscript All authors read and approved the final manuscript Competing interests The authors declare that they have no competing ... HV on the general population Clear reporting of all these factors in future studies Page of will provide an evidence base that will enhance our understanding of the impact of HV on the population...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 21:24

... interphalangeal joints (DIP), the proximal interphalangeal joints (PIP), the interphalangeal joint of the thumb (IP), the metacarpophalangeal joints (MCP), the thumb carpometacarpal joint (CMC) and the trapezioscaphoid ... nature of the appointment Participants who not attend the clinic for their specified appointment will be sent another letter asking them to re-contact the Research Centre and book another appointment ... effort will be made to maintain the quality of the data obtained and minimise information bias in the data that will be collected at the research clinics Standardised interview questions and physical...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 21:24

... the second column, the timeframe of interviews in the third column, and the main findings in the fourth column These tables aim to highlight the most meaningful conclusions from the studies collected ... enrolled in the WIC program in Pittsburgh also identified four trajectories of symptoms of anxiety, including low, low-increasing, highdeclining, and high-increasing groups [52] In contrast to the ... stronger evidence for intra-individual heterogeneity in the longitudinal course of a single disorder than heterogeneity resulting from having distinct clinical subtypes in the population Several...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 17:20

... affect the level, but not the longitudinal course of FEV1 in the general population Therefore, it remains for future considerations whether these SNPs play a role in the development or growth of the ... lung injury in a Caucasian population [23] So far no studies have investigated the role of NFE2L2 or KEAP1 polymorphisms in relation to the longitudinal course of lung function in the general population ... selected for tagging In our opinion the most convincing association shown in the current study was that the rs11085735 SNP in KEAP1 significantly associated with higher FEV1 levels in the pooled cohort...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 14:20

... remaining subjects, comprising participants reporting at both surveys former smoking (n = 944), quitting smoking during follow-up (n = 387), starting smoking during follow-up (n = 38), non-smoking ... in the follow-up study of the LHS [53] In other studies, the GSTP1 105Ile/Ile genotype was inconsistently associated with COPD [13,54,58] In vitro assays further underline the complexity of the ... and smoking intensity (pack-years up to baseline and during follow-up in ever smokers), as well as BHR and age, was assessed by including according multiplicative interaction terms in the regression...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 16:20

... asthma in the period preceding the SAPALDIA follow-up visit, to investigate whether the HRQL scores were lower and the cross-sectional validity was different in these individuals, as compared to the ... the manuscript JMG participated in the design of the study and revised the manuscript POB participated in the design of the study and revised the manuscript CS participated in the design of the ... "depression" than the SF-36 domains assessing physical impairment In the subgroup of subjects defined as having an exacerbation of asthma at the interview in 2002 (n = 143), the Page of 11 (page...

Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 22:20

... rate in males than in females can generally provide information as to why these differences occur In the 1970’s, male cancers of the nasal sinuses occurred with nine times higher incidence than in ... he used in each operation, the extent to which there were other welders in the neighborhood, if there was ongoing concomitant insulation (asbestos), the extent to which he use certain kinds of ... weakness by pointing to the lack of defining what doubling of the risk is based on, i.e what is the reference for doubling When no level of risk is defined to serve as basis for doubling, the notion...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 00:20

... by the German Olympic Sports Federation between March to June 2008 prior to the beginning of the Olympic Games in Beijing All those eligible received a letter explaining the study, a written informed ... We could not confirm these findings However, as in previous studies [3,13-16], prevalence of asthma diagnosis was higher in top athletes than in the general population In general, this might be ... surveillance of the athletes Another explanation for the lower prevalence in the general population might be that the participants lived mainly at the countryside and it is known that the prevalence...

Ngày tải lên: 08/08/2014, 21:20

... investigated the association between dietary intake of fish, omega-3 and omega-6 PUFA or vitamin D and the risk of having positive psychotic symptoms in the general adult population The main purpose of the ... group" was defined as participants not included in the low level or high level groups are dominating in fatty fish into the variable "marine fatty acids" AA exists in limited levels in liver, meat ... that in Sweden low-fat dairy products and margarines are fortified with vitamin D Otherwise the dietary intake of vitamin D would be lower Furthermore, men were not included in the study and there...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 16:22

... according to the injured body region: injuries in the head were classified as the most serious, followed by the spine, the extremities, the face and neck, the thorax/abdomen, and external injuries, ... indicating a clinically significant difference between the general population and the scores of the patients at 12 months The other dimensions had a z-score between 0.2 and 0.4, indicating the presence ... expected that there had been more improvement in other domains than physical functioning, role physical, pain and social functioning On the other hand, the physical and pain domains were those...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 23:20

... including the development of chronic musculoskeletal pain In the design of the study it was decided to study two cohorts based on the baseline pain report and not to include the change in pain ... This is interesting with regard to the findings in this study with interaction analyses on sex, where former smoking was associated to better score in baseline SF-36 domains RP and RE in females, ... pain lasting more than three months during the last twelve months? It was explained in an introduction that the pain should be persistent or regularly recurrent in the musculoskeletal system The...

Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 19:20

... and the BMI value in the general population [25,26] Therefore, the aim of our research was to assess the association between the BMI value and health-related quality of life in the urban population ... smoking, physical exercise other than walking and walking (Model 3), the lower HRQL was independently linked to overweight only in females Similar results were obtained in model which also included ... whilst the prevalence of obesity was 14.3% in males and 20.1% in females These results are compatible with the prevalence of obesity recorded in other countries [7] Problems arising from the increase...

Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 19:20

... "bisectioning," where they begin by marking the best and worst states on the rating scale followed by the intermediate states Since there is no EQ-5D data available for the general population ... reported by 25.9% of the sample, 75.3% experienced illness in their close family As the students have only been in their second year of medical training including no practical training, no more than ... making [3] Therefore it is of importance within the medical curriculum to sensitize students to the impact of QoL and health state valuations on the decision making process by involving them in...

Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 19:20

... including the development of chronic musculoskeletal pain In the design of the study it was decided to study two cohorts based on the baseline pain report and not to include the change in pain ... This is interesting with regard to the findings in this study with interaction analyses on sex, where former smoking was associated to better score in baseline SF-36 domains RP and RE in females, ... pain lasting more than three months during the last twelve months? It was explained in an introduction that the pain should be persistent or regularly recurrent in the musculoskeletal system The...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 16:20

... and the BMI value in the general population [25,26] Therefore, the aim of our research was to assess the association between the BMI value and health-related quality of life in the urban population ... smoking, physical exercise other than walking and walking (Model 3), the lower HRQL was independently linked to overweight only in females Similar results were obtained in model which also included ... whilst the prevalence of obesity was 14.3% in males and 20.1% in females These results are compatible with the prevalence of obesity recorded in other countries [7] Problems arising from the increase...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 16:20

... used in inflammatory diseases of the nose [5] Allergic rhinitis The incidence of allergic rhinitis decreases with age The peak incidence of 37 per 1000 occurs at 10 to 15 years of age, with the incidence ... treatment of allergic rhinitis The first-generation or "older" antihistamines (e.g., chlorpheniramine, diphenhydramine) are effective in reducing sneezing, itching, and rhinorrhea They have untoward ... obstruction Anti-inflammatory nasal sprays These agents may be useful in reducing sneezing, itching, congestion, and rhinorrhea and are extremely safe in the elderly They can be divided into nonsteroidal...

Ngày tải lên: 08/08/2014, 21:20

... S01 of the IL18 gene is skewed in Japanese arthritis patients is due to a basal high frequency of the haplotype S01 in the Japanese population The findings in the present study raise the question ... considered to be only 1% in the healthy Swedish population [22] and only 0.05% in the Chinese population [38], much lower than that of the Japanese population Also, in German whites, the frequency of ... necessarily common among them Indeed, no increase in the frequency of the S01/S01 diplotype configuration was observed in RA patients in Chinese patients [42] and in JIA patients in Germany [40] One...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 07:20