Abstract Funding Acknowledgements Type of funding sources: Public hospital(s). Main source(s): Drammen hospital, Vestre Viken trust. Background Health-related quality life (HRQoL) is an important treatment target in patients with coronary heart disease (CHD) and associated impaired prognosis. Therefore, knowledge about correlates HRQoL may be clinical importance. However, there limited how a co...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Loss of bone stock remains a challenge in revision hip surgery. Grafting with allograft is well established, but there are problems with availability, cost, infection, antigenicity, reproducibility, and stability of the created construct. BoneSave is a biphasic porous ceramic consisting of sintered 80% tricalcium phosphate and 20% hydroxyapatite. In vitro and in vivo stud...

OBJECTIVE The evidence on the effect of secondhand smoke (SHS) on Health Related Quality of Life (HRQoL) is limited. We examined the relation between SHS and HRQoL among Chinese in Hong Kong. METHODS Adult never smokers from a probability sample of three cross-sectional waves (2010, 2012, 2013) of The Hong Kong Family and Health Information Trends Survey who completed the Cantonese-version of...

BACKGROUND Depression and anxiety are leading causes of disability worldwide. Current treatments are primarily pharmaceutical and psychological. Questions remain about effectiveness and suitability for different people. Previous research suggests potential benefits of yoga for reducing depression and anxiety. The aim of this study is to investigate the effects of an individualized yoga interven...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Restoration of bone stock at revision hip surgery remains a challenge. Alternative graft materials with suitable mechanical properties for impaction grafting have been sought due to issues with infection, antigenicity, cost, and availability of allograft. We have previously presented good short-term results of the use of BoneSave, a biphasic porous ceramic bone graft subs...

AIM To assess the sexuality and quality of life (QoL) of women with gynaecological malignancies after multimodal therapy. MATERIALS AND METHODS This is a prospective analysis of the sexual status among women after treatment for gynaecological malignancies. Validated questionnaires-female sexual function index (FSFI-d), a semi-structured questionnaire and the quality of life score SF12, were a...

Background: Data on the long-term outcome of major trauma survivors in the United Kingdom (UK) is lacking. This pilot study aimed to investigate the health status of survivors of major trauma without significant head injury in the West of Scotland, and to compare the Short-Form 12 (SF12) questionnaire administered by telephone (TSF12) to the longer Short-Form 36 (SF36) questionnaire. Methods: T...

Methods In 2006-2007, 631 patients aged 18-30 were admitted for alcohol intoxication at the ED of a tertiary Swiss hospital. In 2014, they were re-contacted and interviewed to complete: demographics, alcohol use disorders identification test-consumption (AUDIT-C), Mini International Neuropsychiatric interview (MINI) for AUD, SF12 mental and physical component summary scores (MCS, PCS), Patient ...