PURPOSE We validated a new 7-item overactive bladder symptom score. MATERIALS AND METHODS Normal subjects and consecutive patients with lower urinary tract symptoms with or without overactive bladder were recruited and classified into 3 groups based on their response to the question on an intake questionnaire, "Do you ever experience a sudden urge to urinate that makes you want to stop what y...

objective: the present study aimed to clarify dissociative symptoms in patients with schizophrenia and its association with negative and positive symptom of schizophrenia. methods: based on the 4th edition of diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders (dsm-iv) criteria, 80 schizophrenic subjects were randomly selected from patients who referred to the clinics of psychiatry hospital i...

Abstract Background Postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS) is a common cardiovascular autonomic disorder characterized by excessive heart rate increase on standing and symptoms of intolerance, posing significant limitations functional capacity. No objective tool exists to classify symptom burden in POTS. Methods We conducted case-control study 62 POTS patients 50 healthy controls comp...

Methods 610 patients (≥12 years old) with moderate-to-severe SAR were randomized into a double-blind, placebo-controlled, 14-day, parallel-group trial to MP29-02*, AZE or FP nasal sprays and placebo (all given as 1 spray/nostril bid; total daily dose: 548μg AZE, 200μg FP]. Patients were defined as ‘nasal congestion predominants’ if their maximum symptom score at baseline was the nasal congestio...

PURPOSE To evaluate the effect of education and literacy status on completion of the Visual Prostate Symptom Score (VPSS) and the International Prostate Symptom Score (IPSS) in males aged over 40 years in a rural Indonesian area. METHODS We enrolled 103 men who had visited Tc-Hillers Maumere Hospital. Four questions related to frequency, nocturia, weak stream, and quality of life (QoL) were p...