... baseline However, after adjusting for initial level of health complaints, there were few significant predictors of increased health complaints at follow- up This stability could be explained by ... Behavioural Sciences in Medicine, Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo, PO Box 1111 Blindern, NO0317 Oslo, Norway 2National Institute of Occupational Health, ... specific stressors: predictors of job satisfaction and health problems in a nationwide one- year follow- upstudyof Norwegian ambulance personnel Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology 2011...
... maternal maladjustment with the emotional domains of HRQOL in the acute phase of treatment Discussion This prospective oneyear follow- upstudyin children and adolescents with newly diagnosed ... significance At one year, comparisons of diagnostic groups revealed no significant differences Yet, there was an interesting tendency showing that patientswith brain tumors now complained about more ... better quality of life with regard to cognitive and emotional domains Interestingly, treatment-related variables, such as intensity of therapy and presence of medical complications mainly influenced...
... for inclusion The following patients were excluded from the study: Patients visiting from abroad, patientswith self-inflicted injuries, severe head injury causing cognitive impairment influencing ... social functioning was predicted by having been employed, studying or retired before the injury, a low ISS score and low age Discussion The main findings in this studyof trauma patientswith different ... plausible that these patients might be in greater need of long term followupin physical training than those not showing significant symptoms of PTS symptoms and depression Patientswith a pessimistic...
... schooling, yearly family income and living alone Subjects were considered to be “living alone” if they were living in their principal place of residence without sharing this residence with any ... emotional well-being, financial circumstances, leisure, activities and religion One- year follow- up At a oneyear follow- up each participant or his/her caregiver (in the case of subjects suffering from ... outpatients in Italy A one- year prospective cohort study Arch Gerontol Geriatr 2011 Bilotta C, Bowling A, Nicolini P, Casè A, Vergani C: Quality of life in older outpatients living alone in the...
... baseline indicated at least one aspect of life restricted by three year follow- up, and 90% of women in this age-group with a baseline restriction continued to indicate restriction at three -year follow- up ... doing so in at least one aspect of life three years later, whereas almost one third of those who had a restriction at baseline were reporting at three -year follow- up that they were now free of ... restrictions in any aspect of their lives In addition many of those who continue to indicate restriction in at least one aspect of life at three years, have indicated recovery and onset of restriction in...
... (HRT) Hormone therapy (HRT) use was defined at baseline by last month of using HRT and at 8 -year follow- up during year 2008 use during last six months Categories in both baseline and follow- up surveys ... self-administered questionnaire were included into this study (n=1,165) In the 8 -year follow- upstudy most of the questions and indicators were similar to those in the baseline Health 2000 study ... activity increased or women who were the most highly educated, had improved QoL over time Mishra et al [24] in their longitudinal studywith years of follow- up found that certain domains of QoL decline...
... disorders not affect the clinical presentation ofpatients during the course of an OBS However, since all the patientswith premorbid mental illnesses involved in the study were in remission, the above ... determinant of hospitalization outcomes Our findings disagreed with the generally held concept that the occurrence of delirium was associated with a high mortality rate in the following year, mainly ... the finding was not in keeping with related literature Huang [15] investigated the rate of delirium, reasons for admission, clinical features, aetiologies and mortality during a 2 -year follow- up...
... strength training has been one means in seeking cure for neck pain In addition to gaining neck muscle strength, neck strength training has been shown to be effective in reducing neck pain and the ... two training groups and into a control group A randomization into three groups of ten persons was performed blind before inviting the subjects to the rehabilitation centre After obtaining 30 subjects, ... 10 in each group, they were ranked by the neck and shoulder pain and disability index and divided into 10 blocks of three groups From each block, one subject was randomized to oneof the training...
... and honeycombing (honeycombing score) on a scale of 0-5 in the three lobes of both lungs, as described elsewhere [15] An increase in alveolar or honeycombing score >1 point at one- year follow- up ... thymosin b4 in the BALF of scleroderma patientswith lung involvement compared to the normal counterpart and of thymosin b4 sulfoxide in the subset of scleroderma patientswith alveolitis In addition, ... diseases with an inflammatory component, like alveolitis, have also a component of oxidative stress This explains the higher thymosin b4 sulfoxide levels in the subgroup of scleroderma patients with...
... prothrombin time were essentially within the normal range in all patients Positive autoantibodies in low titres were found in 20% ofpatients including ANA in 15.4%, and SMA in 10% ofpatients ... performed in 29 patients at the time of diagnosis and follow- up liver biopsies in five of these patients Since there are no established guidelines of when to perform a liver biopsy inpatientswith ... along with the long-term follow- upofup to 20 years The cases were well documented with all children having the diagnosis of NAFLD confirmed by radiological findings, and in almost half of them with...
... start of follow- up was taken as each child’s 14 th birthday For children aged 14 years or older in 1993, start of follow- up was the date of the survey interview Children were followed to the end of ... for DSH was 18 years There were eight cases of injury of undetermined intent Following an investigation of each case, it was clear that five cases were most likely accidentally inflicted, either ... recording ‘inconsistent’ parenting style in 1993, against 38.2% for those children with no DSH record Family factors Of children hospitalised with DSH, 46.2% were living in a two-parent original...
... had one or more missing subscales At oneyear follow- up these three groups had two, one and no missing subscales, respectively Statistical methods Group comparisons between groups with and without ... groups ofpatients are probably explained by the short length of follow- upin our studyIn line with earlier research we can speculate that such associations between weight loss and quality of ... quality of life outcome after surgery Improvement in quality of life was not correlated with change in BMI from preoperative assessment to followup in any of the three groups (patients without...
... occur during the treatment with DBT-A, nor in the year following therapy All adolescents had shown non-suicidal self-injurious behavior and cutting of the skin of the forearms (mainly superficial) ... for 83% of the adolescent patients, whereas oneyear after the end of therapy, this diagnosis persisted in only 17% ofpatients Out of the nine patients ending therapy regularly, only one patient ... in a 10 -year follow- upstudy on adult patients suffering from BPD The distinct reduction of suicidal and non-suicidal self-injurious behavior during therapy is reflected in the rating of the DSM-IV...
... Cz-TMS in the OSAS patients, but not in the normal individuals In both groups the amplitudes of the MEPgg in response to AL-TMS and Cz-TMS increased during tongue protraction in comparison with ... observed in the OSAS group, supporting the reality of OSAS-related changes in the corticomotor control of the genioglossus In this view, it is of importance to note that in the OSAS group the influence ... maximal stimulation intensity, Mean with indication of SD) in different Diaphragmatic and genioglossus motor thresholds (% maximal stimulation intensity, Mean with indication of SD) in different...
... Results In patients, maximal tinnitus suppression is obtained with theta (5 Hz) burst stimulation, inwith alpha (10 Hz) burst, and with beta (20 Hz) burst stimulation Burst rTMS suppresses tinnitus ... entrance of auditory meatus on straight line to the vertex) With the intensity of the stimulation set 238 at 90% of the motor threshold, the site of maximal tinnitus suppression is determined using ... tinnitus with tonic electrical stimulation The difference in the effect of single pulses and bursts on tinnitus may be explained by the fact that burst stimulation is more powerful in activating...
... session in the 10session group Baseline End of treatment One week follow- upOne month follow- up Figure Average scores of Auditory Hallucinations Rating Scale (AHRS), Scale for the Assessment of Positive ... treatment were better in the group receiving 10 sessions; however, this group’s symptom scores gradually returned to baseline levels during follow- up Conversely, in out ofpatients receiving 20 sessions, ... end of treatment but a further improvement during follow- up, reaching a considerable reduction of auditory hallucinations at the month follow- up Considering the resistance of auditory hallucinations...
... ill patients, with the following a priori hypothesizes: identification of PMV patients using DRG 541/542 is less specific for selecting a resourceintensive patient group than a definition of ≥ ... one- third of interviews involved the use of proxy responses by patients' designated informal care givers because ofpatients' severe illnesses or degree of cognitive dysfunction Mini follow- ups (at ... oneyearoffollowup Plot of hazard ratios (solid line) and 95% confidence intervals (dashed lines) for DRG 541/542 patients versus short-term mechanical ventilation patients, determined using...
... can increase cortical efficacy In a pioneer study, Pascual-Leone et al [52] used a train of 10 pulses of TMS at 20 Hz, with an intensity of 150% of resting threshold, and obtained a 50% increase ... ~20 min, following a protocol they called intermittent TBS Their protocol consisted of 600 pulses, with an intensity of 80% of resting threshold, that were distributed in 20 episodes according ... naming by focal transcranialmagneticstimulationof Wernicke's area Exp Brain Res 1998, 121:371-378 Silvanto J, Pascual-Leone A: State-dependency oftranscranialmagneticstimulation Brain Topogr...
... at baseline, converted to negative by the end of the first three years of follow- up (5 treated with MTX, with SSZ, with MTX + SSZ, and with hydroxychloroquine) None of the differences in DMARD ... any time during the first three years of follow- upIn seven (7%) patients, anti-CCP2 was negative at baseline but converted to positive within the first three years, whereas in (8%) patients anti-CCP2 ... baseline but converted to negative within the first three years (Figure 1a, b, panel 2) Among 19 patientswith increasing anti-CCP2 concentrations during the first three years of follow- up, seven...
... treating rheumatologist had the option of increasing the dosage by 100 mg [11,12] The standard infliximab dosage of mg/kg every weeks was reinstituted in a majority ofpatients beginning in June ... lost to follow- up, which is important when estimating continuation rates and efficacy of therapy After a 4year study period, 61.6% ofpatients enrolled in the study were still receiving infliximab ... and maintained with a standard infliximab dosage of mg/kg and that dosage increases were transient in a majority ofpatients The higher percentage ofpatients who need a dosage increase in some...