OBJECTIVES The COLEP trial in Bangladesh showed a 57% reduction in leprosy incidence among contacts of newly diagnosed patients in the first 2 years after chemoprophylaxis with single dose rifampicin (SDR). We assessed the impact of this intervention after 6 years and identified characteristics of the leprosy index patients predicting the effectiveness of this intervention. DESIGN The cohort ...

AIMS To follow up vibration induced white finger (VWF) in a selected group of 73 vibration exposed workers who claimed unsuccessfully for VWF compensation at a first examination. METHODS The VWF claimants were sent to our unit by the National Insurance Institute. The basic compensatory criteria included a positive history of VWF and abnormal cold response of the digital arteries. Following th...

Impact of implant dentistry is such that today very few dentists think about saving grade III mobile anterior teeth. A patient with grade III mobility of central incisor due to apical root resorption was treated by using 80 no.stainless steel 'H' file as endostabiliser and one year follow up was done. Endostabiliser reduced the mobility of grade III mobile teeth drastically, immediately after i...

inflammatory pseudotuomr refers to a group of benign tumor like lesions that they are composed of a mixed inflammatory infiltrates. the diagnosis of these lesions and differentiation of them from malignant process may be difficult. we report on a 35-year- old man who presented with multiple painless palpable masses in his right hemiscrotum for about 6 months. right epididymal involvement with i...

BACKGROUND Type 2 diabetes mellitus has been identified as one of the priority diseases and included in the essential public health service package in China. This study investigated the frequency of follow-up visits and contents of care for case management of patients with Type 2 diabetes in Chongqing located in the western China, in terms of the regional practice guideline; and analyzed factor...

STUDY OBJECTIVE To assess the benefit of planned specialist follow up appointments after elective inpatient surgery. DESIGN This was a controlled trial, using repeated alternate allocation of time periods to the two study groups. Group 1: Planned outpatient follow up 6-12 weeks after surgery. Group 2: No planned follow up: additional written information for patients and general practitioners....

Volume 25, Number 1, March 1999 and providers (in terms of draining overall resources and interfering with scheduling appointments for clients with medical needs). Consequently, regimens of frequent revisits should afford a clear and demonstrated health benefit before they are accepted as standard medical practice. Research on IUD follow-up visits has been limited in scope and methodology. A re...

OBJECTIVE The present study was conducted to compare the effectiveness of two therapeutic approaches, namely, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and Stages of Change Model (SOC) on improving abstinence self-efficacy in adolescent addicts. METHODS Forty five self-referred adolescent addicts were randomly selected to take part in this study. Initial assessment was made using the following quest...