A method for quantitative recording of psychiatric symptoms has been modified for application to respiratory symptoms such as cough, attacks of breathlessness, wheezing and dyspnoea. The method was evaluated in a survey of 193 subjects without pulmonary disorders and 186 patients with pulmonary disorders. The average time taken to obtain scores for four symptoms was six minutes. Inconsistencies...

OBJECTIVES Developing and testing a clinical-behavioural scoring system for assessing children's oral hygiene. MATERIALS AND METHODS One clinical variable (the presence of dental plaque, measured using Silness and Loe's index) and one behavioural variable (self-reported tooth brushing frequency) were combined into secondary data analysis of research databases for 3-6-year-olds and 6-13-year-o...

OBJECTIVES Although many studies about breast contrast-enhanced ultrasound had been conducted, clear diagnostic criteria for evaluating enhancement patterns are still lacking. This study aims to identify significant indicators for breast contrast-enhanced ultrasound and to establish an initial scoring system. MATERIALS AND METHODS Totally 839 patients were included in the study. This study wa...

A Continuous Monitoring System (CMS) model is presented, having new improved capabilities. The system is based on the actual real-time configuration of the system. Existing risk scoring models assume damage potential is estimated by systems' owner, thus rejecting the information relying in the technological configuration. The assumption underlying this research is based on users' ability to est...

BACKGROUND Many scoring systems exist for clock drawing task variants. However, none of them are reliable in evaluating longitudinal changes of cognitive function. The purpose of this study is to create a simple yet optimal scoring procedure to evaluate cognitive decline using a clinic-based sample. METHODS Clock-drawings from 121 participants (76 individuals with no dementia and later did no...

OBJECTIVES Functional outcomes following distal radius fractures are directly influenced by the choice of outcome assessment instruments used. Our objective was to compare scoring systems in measuring patient functional outcomes and to determine which scoring system compared most favorably with the widely used Disabilities of the Arm, Shoulder, and Hand (DASH) questionnaire. METHODS In all, 1...

Acute Appendicitis is one of the most common surgical emergencies in clinical practice with estimated life time prevalence approximately 1 in 7. [1] The incidence is 1.5 to 1.9 per 1000 and is approximately 1.4 times greater in men then in women. [2] Aim: This study was undertaken to compare Alvarado and RIPASA score to diagnose acute appendicitis ,to know the efficacy of individual score for e...