BACKGROUND AND AIM OF THE STUDY In Indian patients, in view of language plurality and illiteracy, self-reporting of English version of Oswestry Disability Index (ODI) is not practical. Our study aim was to find out to what extent self-reporting of ODI was possible and in cases where self-reporting was not possible, to see validity and reliability of a translator-assisted ODI score. MATERIALS ...

On the basis of Dunning’s Investment Development Path (IDP) hypothesis, this paper tests the macroeconomic determinants of Chinese Offshore Direct Investment (ODI) from a home-country perspective. We review the recent firmand country-level studies on determinants of Chinese ODI. We propose a model and test seven home-country macroeconomic variables as determinants of Chinese ODI. Our results re...

OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to test the effectiveness of Provent, an expiratory nasal resistance valve, to prevent the recurrence of OSA following CPAP withdrawal. DESIGN Randomised, partially blinded, parallel, placebo-controlled trial. SETTING Outpatient sleep clinics in the UK (Oxford) and Switzerland (Zurich). PARTICIPANTS 67 patients with OSA receiving CPAP were randomised t...

OBJECTIVES The purpose of this study was to evaluate the plethysmographic signal-derived oxygen desaturation index (ODI) as an inpatient screening strategy to identify sleep-disordered breathing (SDB) in patients with congestive heart failure (CHF). BACKGROUND SDB is highly prevalent among patients hospitalized with CHF but is widely underdiagnosed. We evaluated overnight photoplethysmography...

INTRODUCTION It is impractical to perform polysomnography (PSG) in all surgical patients suspected of having sleep disordered breathing (SDB). We investigated the role of nocturnal oximetry in diagnosing SDB in surgical patients. METHOD All patients 18 years and older who visited the preoperative clinics for scheduled inpatient surgery were approached for study participation. Patients expecte...

This study introduces the use of multivariate linear regression (MLR) and support vector regression (SVR) models to predict postoperative outcomes in a cohort of patients who underwent surgery for cervical spondylotic myelopathy (CSM). Currently, predicting outcomes after surgery for CSM remains a challenge. We recruited patients who had a diagnosis of CSM and required decompressive surgery wit...

OBJECTIVES The Epworth sleepiness scale (ESS) is often used for screening of sleep apnea syndrome (SAS) in the workplace. We conducted pulse oximetry for workers of a large transportation company, who were selected based on their response to a questionnaire that included ESS and breathing pattern during sleep. METHODS Pulse oximetry was performed for 803 of 3,761 male workers. A 3% oxygen des...

STUDY DESIGN The Oswestry Disability Index (ODI) has become one of the principal condition-specific outcome measures used in the management of spinal disorders. This review is based on publications using the ODI identified from the authors' personal databases, the Science Citation Index, and hand searches of Spine and current textbooks of spinal disorders. OBJECTIVES To review the versions of...

Abstract Background Oswestry Disability Index (ODI) is broadly used in clinical and research settings for assessing the disability level patients with lumbar radiculopathy but it has not been translated into Urdu language according to pre-established translation guidelines as well validity reliability of ODI version tested yet. The aim this study was translate native (ODI-U) recommended measure...