BACKGROUND Acute diseases and hospitalization are associated with functional deterioration in older persons. Although most of the functional decline occurs before hospitalization in response to the acute diseases, the role played by comorbidity in the functional trajectories around hospitalization is unclear. METHODS Observational prospective study of 696 elderly individuals hospitalized in t...

BACKGROUND Direct admission to Coronary Care Unit (CCU) on hospital arrival can be considered as a good proxy for adequate management in patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI), as it has been associated with better prognosis. We analyzed a cohort of patients with AMI hospitalized in Rome (Italy) in 1997-2000 to assess the proportion directly admitted to CCU and to investigate the effec...

Objective: To explore whether the severity of congenital heart disease is associated with the quality of life and perceived health status of adult patients. Design: Descriptive, cross sectional study. Setting: Adult congenital heart disease programme in one tertiary care centre in Belgium. Patients: 629 patients (378 men, 251 women) with a median age of 24 years. Main outcome measures: Disease ...

Ratings on performance tasks from two scoring sessions of an eighth grade mathematics examination, developed by the California State Department of Education, were used (a) to study the feasibility of estimating IRT rater severity information within a scoring session, (b) to investigate the variation in rater severity within rating sessions (which we called rater drift), and (c) to examine the r...

OBJECTIVE To explore whether the severity of congenital heart disease is associated with the quality of life and perceived health status of adult patients. DESIGN Descriptive, cross sectional study. SETTING Adult congenital heart disease programme in one tertiary care centre in Belgium. PATIENTS 629 patients (378 men, 251 women) with a median age of 24 years. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Disea...

background: quality of life (qol) is increasingly recognized as an important outcome measure in dermatology. psoriasis has a great impact on qol of patients, and has a strong effect on social relations, psychological status, and daily activities. this study describe and compare the impact of different grades of severity of psoriasis on qol of patients in north of iran. methods: this cross‑secti...