The Fatigue Symptom Inventory has been used extensively to assess and measure fatigue in a number of clinical populations. The purpose of the present study was to further establish its utility by examining its operating characteristics and determining the optimal cutoff score for identifying clinically meaningful fatigue. The MOS 36-Item Short Form Vitality scale, a measure widely used to ident...

We investigated the correlation between symptomatic improvement and quality of life in Japanese gastroesophageal reflux disease patients with PPI. Eighty one patients with reflux and dyspeptic symptom were enrolled. The evaluation of the symptom was used he Frequency Scale for the Symptom of GERD in 3 categories: total score of 12 questions, score related to reflux symptoms, and score related t...

BACKGROUND Previously, we proposed a model for ordinal scale scoring in which individual thresholds for each item constitute a distribution by each item. This lead us to hypothesize that the boundary curves of each depressive symptom score in the distribution of total depressive symptom scores follow a common mathematical model, which is expressed as the product of the frequency of the total de...

PURPOSE To examine the effectiveness and safety of photoselective vaporization of the prostate (PVP) with the 120 W high-performance system (HPS) Greenlight laser procedure in benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) patients taking oral anticoagulant medications. MATERIALS AND METHODS This study was conducted on BPH patients taking oral anticoagulant medications form March 2009 to December 2010. G...

OBJECTIVE To establish diagnostic criteria for acute mountain sickness (AMS) in preverbal children. DESIGN Nonrandomized control trial. SETTING Ambulatory. PARTICIPANTS Children aged 3 through 36 months and adults from the Denver, Colo, area (altitude, 1610 m). MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES The Lake Louise Scoring System was modified, using a fussiness score as the headache equivalent and a ped...

OBJECTIVE To analyze the prevalence of negative symptoms in antipsychotic-treated outpatients with schizophrenia spectrum disorders. METHOD A cross-sectional, retrospective multicenter study was carried out between May 2004 and April 2005 in 1,704 adult psychiatric outpatients meeting DSM-IV criteria for schizophrenia, schizophreniform, or schizoaffective disorder. We used 5 items of the Posi...

PURPOSE We evaluated the efficacy and safety of silodosin for treatment of benign prostatic hyperplasia symptoms in 2 randomized, placebo controlled, phase 3 studies. MATERIALS AND METHODS Men 50 years or older with an International Prostate Symptom Score of 13 or greater and peak urinary flow rate of 4 to 15 ml per second received placebo or 8 mg silodosin daily with breakfast for 12 weeks. ...

INTRODUCTION An assessment was made of general symptoms in patients with psychogenic nonepileptic seizures (PNES), comparing those who do versus those who do not accept the diagnosis. METHOD A questionnaire pilot study of newly diagnosed psychogenic nonepileptic seizure patients confirmed by video electroencephalography (EEG) was carried out, using a 59-item general symptom questionnaire, wit...

OBJECTIVES This prospective study was undertaken to evaluate the effects of transurethral ultrasound-guided laser-induced prostatectomy (TULIP) on urodynamic, symptomatic, and prostate volume parameters as well as serum prostate-specific antigen. METHODS The TULIP procedure was performed in 33 patients with benign prostatic hyperplasia with a mean age of 66 years. Patients were evaluated by p...

OBJECTIVE To assess the impact of different management strategies in urinary tract infections. DESIGN Randomised controlled trial. SETTING Primary care. PARTICIPANTS 309 non-pregnant women aged 18-70 presenting with suspected urinary tract infection. INTERVENTION Patients were randomised to five management approaches: empirical antibiotics; empirical delayed (by 48 hours) antibiotics; o...