psychological interventions for patients with chronic abdominal and pelvic pain

... versions was developed for diabetes patients (n = 14) Five respectively four instruments referred to asthma and arthritis patients and three to patients with COPD Aim of instrument For approximately ... meetings for AstraZeneca and MSD and holds lectures for AstraZeneca, Boehringer Ingelheim, GlaxoSmithkline, Merck Scharp and Dome and Pfizer Authors' contributions CS and MP were the initiators for ... development and validation of self-efficacy instruments: steps for planning and reporting Systematic approach for the development and validation of self-efficacy instruments: steps for planning and reporting...

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... versions was developed for diabetes patients (n = 14) Five respectively four instruments referred to asthma and arthritis patients and three to patients with COPD Aim of instrument For approximately ... meetings for AstraZeneca and MSD and holds lectures for AstraZeneca, Boehringer Ingelheim, GlaxoSmithkline, Merck Scharp and Dome and Pfizer Authors' contributions CS and MP were the initiators for ... development and validation of self-efficacy instruments: steps for planning and reporting Systematic approach for the development and validation of self-efficacy instruments: steps for planning and reporting...

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... survival rate for patients without lymph node metastases (N-) and for patients with lymph node metastases (N+) The majority of patients (12/22) received SRS treatment as outpatients with curative ... CyberKnife for advanced, recurrent head and neck carcinoma lesions both with and without lymph node metastases Methods Between April 2006 and July 2007, 22 patients with advanced, recurrent head and ... All patients included in this study completed an informed consent form Patients were examined using PET-CT, MRI, and Ultrasound Prior to radiation therapy, biopsies were performed for all patients, ...

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... P, Zamorano JL: ESC Guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of acute and chronic heart failure 2008: the Task Force for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Acute and Chronic Heart Failure 2008 of ... ten patients per practice [18,19] Patients will be sent explanation about the study and asked for informed consent to participate in a patient questionnaire Data collection will be anonymized Interventions ... treatment was enlarged and the pharmaceutical paragraph had some changes Now, recommendations on drug treatment are different for patients with systolic CHF compared to patients with a preserved systolic...

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... game on the one hand, and being overly supportive and protective on the other hand is considered to be difficult with regard to these patients [13,27] Studies reveal that patients and care providers ... accept and to cope with and it often leads to ineffective professional behaviour [22,23] On the one hand, while balancing between autonomy and safety of the patient, nurses easily feel forced and ... support for their many complex social problems Most patients who not benefit have a chronic and unstable course of illness with disruptive and destructive behaviour [10,13,14] They put a high demand...

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... patients, whenever possible TBW was estimated by doctors and nurses in 10 patients IBW was calculated according to Devine's formula [22] Corrected body weight (DW) for patients with BMI

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... Techniques 318 References 319 315 22 Psychological Interventions for Patients with Chronic Abdominal and Pelvic Pain Luis F Buenaver, Robert Edwards, and Jennifer A Haythornthwaite Introduction ... Epidemiology and Socioeconomic Impact of Visceral and Abdominal Pain Syndromes 11 Smita L S Halder and G Richard Locke III Introduction 11 Abdominal Pain 11 Specific Visceral and Abdominal Pain ... trademarks, and are used only for identification and explanation without intent to infringe Visit the Informa Web site at www.informa.com and the Informa Healthcare Web site at www.informahealthcare.com...

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... Debridement has become the standardof-care in patients with diabetes and a foot ulcer, pressure ulcers and venous ulcers, to remove necrotic and infected tissue and stimulate healing In this ... from wounds in patients with diabetes have been evaluated for mitogenic response with a variety of growth factors [23,26] and show a lower rate of proliferation when compared with normal skin ... Discussion Human fibroblast cell lines derived from patients with chronic wounds were developed and future use along with clinical data may provide information on specific aspects of disease mechanisms...

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... QoL score and for the low medium and high impact categories on the BII The F statistics for the PPSM Total Score, PPSMGlobal and PPSM -Pain comparisons with the IPSS, IPSS QoL Item and BII were ... older men [5] and can often be confused with BPH in the older male population [6] In a study comparing men with prostatitis and BPH, pain during urination was a feature for 54% and 29% of the ... other treatment groups Recommendations for use Due to low prevalence of pain in BPH patients and the psychometric performance of the PPSM with regards to the pain items, it is recommended that the...

Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 18:20

... noteworthy, and described here for the first time, was the increase of IL-9, and decrease of IL-5, IL-7 and IFN-g plasma levels in patients with chronic heart failure Using the bioinformatic analysis ... IL-9 and IFN-g plasma levels with the patients echocardiographic parameters, such as LVEF and LVIDd, and with disease duration Interestingly, in ICM patients, IL-9 levels inversely correlated with ... IL-9 and decrease of IL-5, IL-7, and IFN-g plasma levels, in both ICM and NIDCM CHF patients vs controls and the inverse correlation of IL-5 and IL-9 plasma levels with duration of disease and...

Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 19:20

... depression and anxiety (for example "I feel tense and irritable") Response options for each question range from to and ask patients about their agreement with the statements or how often they apply (for ... prevalence of anxiety and depression in chronic breathing disorders Chest 2005, 127(4):1205-1211 Society AT, Society ER: Standards for the diagnosis and treatment of patients with chronic obstructive ... 1.5 generalizes to patients with other diseases Patients included in our study might, however, represent patients with advanced chronic disease because mean HADS anxiety (7.03) and depression scores...

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... Line supine and leg swinging freely with performed with subLine drawing illustrating pendulum test performed with subject supine and leg swinging freely with motion sensors attached and weight ... kilogram and children diagnosed with cerebral palsy Gait Posture 2007, 26:97-105 Bohannon RW, Andrews AW: Correlation of knee extensor muscle torque and spasticity with gait speed in patients with ... more than months before The side of predominate weakness was the right for subjects and the left for subjects Five subjects were women and were men Procedures Prior to performing the pendulum...

Ngày tải lên: 19/06/2014, 08:20

... noteworthy, and described here for the first time, was the increase of IL-9, and decrease of IL-5, IL-7 and IFN-g plasma levels in patients with chronic heart failure Using the bioinformatic analysis ... IL-9 and IFN-g plasma levels with the patients echocardiographic parameters, such as LVEF and LVIDd, and with disease duration Interestingly, in ICM patients, IL-9 levels inversely correlated with ... IL-9 and decrease of IL-5, IL-7, and IFN-g plasma levels, in both ICM and NIDCM CHF patients vs controls and the inverse correlation of IL-5 and IL-9 plasma levels with duration of disease and...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 03:20

... background and peak pain intensities Table reports the Kappa values for reproducibility evaluation for both scales and for the two different pain intensity measured (background and pain exacerbations) ... Only for the aims of the present study, the questionnaire for BP-EP evaluation contained a double evaluation both for background pain and for pain intensity exacerbations; one evaluation was performed ... Page of pain intensity and those reported by patients with acute or cancer pain Pain 2003, 106(3):439-442 39 Gracely RH, McGrath F, Dubner R: Ratio scales of sensory and affective verbal pain descriptors...

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... months for the first years, every months for the fourth and fifth years, and annually after years Chest X-ray and liver sonography were requested every months for the first years and annually for ... 89 of patients (99%) and 66 patients (73%) received adjuvant endocrine therapy for years One patient only received hormonal therapy Sixty-six patients (73%) received PMRT (RT group) and 24 patients ... 95%)) for patient and invasive Paget’s disease for patient Remarkably, of the patients with LRR (50%) were younger than 50 of age and premenopousal in no-RT group Interestingly any patient with...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 09:20

... significantly lower in OA patients with a high pain score (visual analog scale [VAS] score of greater than 40; ᭝) compared with healthy controls (❍) and with OA patients with a low pain score (VAS score ... target in pain management, it might well be the switch to reduce chronic pain in patients suffering from OA Page of (page number not for citation purposes) Materials and methods Patients and tissue ... representing the PBMCs was transferred and washed three times in PBS, and centrifugation steps were performed at 350 g at room temperature for 15 minutes and twice for 10 minutes Cells were subjected...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 10:23

... CAS characteristics and effectiveness of interventions were also assessed, and the association between the two was performed with Fisher’s exact test, with and without studies with unit of allocation ... identified [3] The number of interventions on an organizational level to improve delivery of care and outcomes for patients with chronic disease has grown However, these care models and organizational ... carbohydrates and calories than salt, and involves the pain of fingersticks versus standing on a scale to check weight Therefore, the most effective patterns of communication between patients with type...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 10:23

... in patients with ECF In general, patients with inflammatory bowel disease represent a high-risk group for the formation of ECF, as a result of both the process of their disease and the need for ... focal cryptitis, neutrophilic and eosinophilic infiltration, and glandular abscesses without mucus The findings were consistent with the diagnosis of CD and treatment with adalimumab subcutaneous ... US and EU for the treatment of CD Clinical trials have demonstrated that adalimumab is both effective for the induction and maintenance of remission in patients with moderate to severe CD, and...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 00:23

... care for patients with diabetes suggest less than optimum care in a number of areas [2] Quality and outcomes framework (QOF) data for 2004 and 2005 suggest high rates of measurement of clinical and ... we sample 25 patients per practice, the standard error associated with our estimate for each practice is 10% We will approach 100 randomly selected patients per practice (10,000 patients in total), ... care team within each practice We will collect information about the organisation and team functioning of the primary care team from both clinical and non-clinical team members and information...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 05:21

... several models for delivery of care for patients with chronic disease have emerged These include the "self-management" and "collaborative management" models, the "chronic care model," and the "disease ... managing patients with chronic disease is high, and is predicted to rise to 80% of US health care dollars by 2020 [1], identification of effective ways to improve care of patients with chronic ... organizational interventions for patients with Type II diabetes and examine these interventions through the lens of complexity science Methods Search strategy We defined organizational interventions...

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