Background Discordance between the patient global assessment (PGA) and physician (PhGA) is well reported in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) can lead to suboptimal care [1] . There are no published studies on discordance South African (SA) patients. Objectives To measure explore patient-physician amongst RA patients attending a tertiary SA hospital. Methods Consenting adults (≥18 years) with completed...

Abstract Objective To estimate the generalizability of treatment effects observed in a randomized trial hip fracture surgery implants to broader population people undergoing United Kingdom. Study Design and Setting In 2018, WHiTE-3 (n = 958) demonstrated that modular hemiarthroplasty implant conferred no additional benefit over traditional monoblock for quality life length hospital stay. We com...

Mục tiêu: Đánh giá chất lượng cuộc sống và các yếu tố dự báo đến của bệnh nhân đái tháo đường có biến chứng tim mạch. Phương pháp: Nghiên cứu mô tả, thiết kế cắt ngang tiến hành tại Trung tâm y tế thành phố Thái Nguyên. Đối tượng là những mạch đăng ký quản lý thường xuyên. Phỏng vấn trực tiếp người để đo lường bằng bộ công cụ EQ5D đặc điểm nhân. Kết quả: Điểm số 0.62+/-0.5. Các bao gồm tuổi đời...

Background Calcific tendinitis of the rotator cuff is a major cause omalgia. [1] Ultrasound guided percutaneous lavage (UGPL) indicated when conservative treatments fail. [2] Recent reports interested use topical sodium thiosulfate (STS) in treatment other diseases with ectopic calcifications [3, 4, 5]. Objectives To assess efficacy and safety UGPL STS versus saline solution (standard care - SO...

Kualitas hidup yang buruk pada seseorang dapat diakibatkan karena perasaan tidak nyaman, terapi dengan obat antihipertensi sering berhubungan munculnya efek samping nyaman. Tujuan penelitian ini adalah untuk mengetahui apakah ada perbedaan kualitas pasien hipertensi diberi angiotensin receptor blockers (ARB) dan kombinasi lain. Metode observasional analitik melalui pendekatan cross sectional . ...

AIM Maintenance of physical function in the elderly is important. Previous studies have focused mainly on training-center-based interventions, accompanied by training staff or equipped with training machinery. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of toe and ankle training for the elderly. METHODS The four facilities were divided into two groups that received the interventi...

BACKGROUND AND AIM On the basis of retrospective studies, hysterectomy has been considered a risk factor for functional bowel disorders. The aim of this study was to prospectively evaluate the patients' bowel function and general health-related quality of life (QoL) before and after hysterectomy. Our hypothesis was that hysterectomy in properly selected patients can impact positively on the pat...