Background Patients (pts) with early arthritis (EA) may present more or less classical inflammatory disease phenotypes. It is difficult to discern at presentation those who will evolve a well-defined phenotype (e.g., rheumatoid arthritis; RA) from remain undifferentiated even have non-inflammatory disease. The 2010 RA classification criteria were developed promote identification of and validate...

PURPOSE: Our aim is to compare the pulmonary rehabilitation outcomes of male and female patients diagnosed with COPD.
 METHODS: Outpatient PR program, consisting 16 sessions, two times a week for months was applied COPD (41 males, 41 females). arterial blood gas (ABG) analyzes function tests (PFT), 6-minute walking test (6MWT), dyspnea scale (mMRC), health-related quality life (QoL) questi...

Background Hemodialysis (HD) and peritoneal dialysis (PD) are therapeutic options for patients with end-stage-renal-disease (ESRD), if transplantation is not available. Mortality rates for HD and PD are similar, while PD is generally the less costly alternative. Percentage of HD and PD shows considerable variability between high income countries (for PD from 5-7% in Germany and Switzerland up t...

The purpose of this survey was to investigate depressive symptoms in cancer patients and the differences based on gender, quality of life and social support. Sixty-eight patients diagnosed with cancer participated in the research, with ages varying between 25 and 83 years (A = 55.4; SD = 13.3) and 85.3% were female. The instruments used were Identification Questionnaire, Perceived Social Suppor...

Objective: To evaluate quality of life and presence of stress in caregivers of drug-addicted people. Methods: This cross-sectional study was carried out at four Psychosocial Care Centers in Mato Grosso. Demographic and quality of life data were collected for 109 caregivers using the Medical Outcomes Study 36 – Item Short-form, depression symptoms (Beck Depression Inventory) and stress of caregi...