BACKGROUND Day-care surgery is a common procedure in most of the hospitals. It has the advantages of early discharge and thus contributes to cost effectiveness. OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to compare the feasibility of day-care surgery in rural and urban patients. MATERIAL AND METHODS Around 200 cases undergoing day-care surgeries of various types in urban and rural patient were en...

Undergraduate students may be attracted to science and retained in science by engaging in laboratory research. Experience as an apprentice in a scientist's laboratory can be effective in this regard, but the pool of willing scientists is sometimes limited and sustained contact between students and faculty is sometimes minimal. We report outcomes from two different models of a summer neuroscienc...

OBJECTIVES To test the hypothesis that family intervention to promote effective parenting in early childhood affects obesity in preadolescence. METHODS Participants were 186 minority youth at risk for behavior problems who enrolled in long-term follow-up studies after random assignment to family intervention or control condition at age 4. Follow-up Study 1 included 40 girls at familial risk f...

108 Psychotic and 268 epileptic patients were followed up for 3½ years as a part of an ongoing rural mental health care programme. Some of the observed situations, possible limitations and reasons for the evolved follow up pattern in this endeavour of non-institutional, family centred and community oriented treatment programme, are reported. The strategies to improve the follow up rate among th...

Little is known about the long-term effects of homeopathic treatment. Following a double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of classical homeopathy in chronic headaches, we conducted a complete follow-up study of all trial participants. All patients enrolled in the double-blind study were sent a 6-week headache diary, a follow-up questionnaire. Eighty-seven of the original 98 patients enrolled ret...

BACKGROUND A 2008 expert consensus statement outlined the minimum frequency of follow-up of patients with cardiovascular implantable electronic devices (CIEDs). METHODS AND RESULTS We studied 38 055 Medicare beneficiaries who received a new CIED between January 1, 2005, and June 30, 2009. The main outcome measure was variation of follow-up by patient factors and year of device implantation. W...

Caring for stroke patients in stroke units, compared with other hospital locations, leads to decreased mortality and disability at one year. A trial of a combined acute and rehabilitation ward in Trondheim, Norway, showed that hospital care improved survival and functional outcome at five years. The benefits were attributed to the treatment provided in the first few weeks after stroke. The purp...

OBJECTIVE Qualitative studies indicated that cancer survivors may be worried about finding a partner in the future, but whether this concern is warranted is unknown. We examined single people´s interest in dating a cancer survivor, how they perceive survivors' traits, and their preferences about the timing of disclosing a cancer history. METHODS In three experimental vignette studies, dating ...

Cervical cancer represents the second common cancer in women and is a major public health issue in Ireland and worldwide. Despite appropriate treatment of precancerous lesions, women with dysplasia are at relatively increased risk, and require follow up. We aimed to evaluate the compliance rate with follow up cytology advice given to patients discharged from the colposcopy clinic and to identif...

STUDY OBJECTIVE To assess total and cause specific mortality among participants and non-participants of large population based health surveys. DESIGN A prospective follow up study. Baseline surveys were conducted in 1972, 1977, 1982, 1987, and 1992. Study end points were overall, cardiovascular, cancer and violent mortality, and deaths related to smoking and alcohol. Study cohorts were follow...