Abstract Background Coronavirus has affected more than 100 million people. Most of these patients are hospitalized in isolation wards or self-quarantined at home. A significant percentage COVID-19 may experience psychiatric symptoms. This study attempts to assess depressive, anxiety, and post-traumatic stress symptoms home-isolated patients, besides whether the setting symptoms’ presentation. R...

BACKGROUND Research suggests there is a high prevalence of anxiety and depression amongst patients with chronic musculoskeletal pain, which can influence the effectiveness of rehabilitation programs. It is therefore important for clinicians involved in musculoskeletal rehabilitation programs to consider screening patients for elevated levels of anxiety and depression and to provide appropriate ...

OBJECTIVE Psychological problems should be identified in breast cancer patients proactively if doctors and nurses are to help them cope with the challenges imposed by their illness. Screening is one possible way to identify emotional problems proactively. Self-report questionnaires can be useful alternatives to carrying out psychiatric interviews during screening, because interviewing a large n...

BACKGROUND Stroke survivors encounter emotional problems in the chronic phase after stroke. Post-stroke depressive symptoms have major impact on health-related quality of life (HRQol) and lead to increased hospitalization and therefore substantial healthcare costs. We present a cost-effectiveness and cost-utility evaluation of a cognitive behavioural therapy augmented with occupational and move...

Objectives The optimal tool for identifying depression after stroke is yet to be identified. In the present study, we propose a new context-specific screening tool for PSD and examined its construct validity and reliability within existing data on recent stroke survivors. Methods We assessed baseline data being collected as part of an intervention to improve one-year blood pressure control am...

BACKGROUND Lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) and overactive bladder (OAB) symptoms have a substantial effect on quality of life (QoL). We report QoL and mental health results from a LUTS prevalence study in three Asian countries. METHODS A cross-sectional, population-representative, internet-based study among individuals aged ≥40 years in China, Taiwan and South Korea. Instruments included:...

Background The management of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) must be multidisciplinary in order to relieve pain, prevent functional disability and improve quality life. Objectives objective this study was evaluate the impact status on psychological state patients with RA. Methods This is a cross sectional conducted among diagnosed RA based ACR/EULAR criteria. We assessed them for anxiety depression s...