BACKGROUND Little is known about time trends in fecundity because few population-based data are available. In a survey among female twins born from 1953 to 1976, their time to pregnancy did not differ from singletons and can be considered to represent the fecundity of the general population. METHODS Information was collected by interview about waiting time to first pregnancy (TTP) and any per...

We monitored outpatient waiting times at UK military hospitals over an 18-month period (September 1996-March 1998). The highest mean waiting times for Consultant appointment were in urology (19 weeks) and orthopaedics (18 weeks). The lowest mean waiting times were in psychiatry (3 weeks), ENT surgery (5 weeks) and rheumatology (6 weeks). Waiting times for surgical specialties were around 50% hi...

Waiting is the activity of maintaining selected aspects of a current situation over some period of time in order that certain goal-related actions can be performed in the future. Initial steps toward the formalization of notions relevant to waiting are presented. Conditions and information pertinent to waiting decisions are defined.

Abstract Patients with mental health problems typically have to wait for psychological therapies. This study aimed investigate the effects of a placebo administered patients depression while they were waiting cognitive-behavioral therapy. Sixty-seven randomly assigned three-week period or without treatment take-home daily usage (herbal medicine mobilize body’s natural healing powers be taken or...

Heart transplantation has become an established procedure for the treatment of terminal heart failure. However, due to a shortage of donor organs, the waiting period for a donor organ is increasing. Cross-sectional and retrospective studies have indicated that there is tremendous psychological distress during this waiting period. The aim of this study was to assess this phase systematically and...

OBJECTIVES To determine the factors associated with satisfaction with waiting times for further investigation in breast cancer screening. METHODS We carried out a cross-sectional study by telephone survey of a representative sample of women (N=316) participating in the breast cancer screening program of the autonomous region of Valencia (Spain) who required additional tests to confirm the dia...

BACKGROUND In publicly funded health care systems, a waiting period for such services as coronary artery bypass graft surgery (CABG) is common. The possibility of using the waiting period to improve patient outcomes should be investigated. OBJECTIVE To examine the effect of a multidimensional preoperative intervention on presurgery and postsurgery outcomes in low-risk patients awaiting electi...

Since being introduced more than 30 years ago, endovaginal ultrasonography (US) and quantitative testing of serum levels of the beta subunit of human chorionic gonadotropin have become the standard means of establishing the presence of normal intrauterine pregnancy (IUP), failed IUP, and ectopic pregnancy. Appropriate use of these powerful tools requires clear, standardized interpretations base...

F sterilization, typically accomplished by means of tubal ligation, is a widely used method of contraception that is highly effective at preventing unintended pregnancy. Yet there appears to be unmet demand for the procedure in certain segments of the U.S. population.1 Specifically, low-income women and women from minority racial and ethnic groups may face substantial system-level barriers to o...