Results showed that a Navy-sponsored weight-reduction program was relatively successful in helping participants lose weight during treatment and throughout a one-year follow-up. Of the 531 women and 155 men who reported a mean weight loss of 22 lb and 28 lb, respectively, 32 per cent of the women and 29 per cent of the men responded that no weight had been gained during treatment and follow-up....

purpose : to present conductive keratoplasty (ck) as a new procedure to correct residual hyperopia and astigmatism after phacoemulsification surgery and to evaluate its predictability, safety and stability methods : fifteen eyes of 13 patients with preoperative hyperopia +0.75 to +3.00 d and or astigmatism -0.75 to -3.00 d were enrolled into the study and underwent ck treatment. at the 1st and ...

background we present a novel method for augmenting the standard c-v flap used for nipple reconstruction with a free dermal graft which aims to improve the appearance of the nipple reconstruction, decrease loss of projection and improve patient satisfaction overall. methods the surgical technique for performing a free dermal graft augmentation of a cv flap is described. all patients who underwe...

Follow up studies offer vital information regarding course and outcome of any illness and throw light on therapeutic efficacy. Such studies, although fraught with difficulties, arc indispendable in psychiatry. O'Connor and Daly (1985, 1986) in their reports of a follow up study of alcoholics opined that unless a high percentage of follow up group is traced effectively, the results of long term ...

OBJECTIVE To investigate differences in snuff consumption, sociodemographic and psychosocial characteristics between baseline intermittent smokers that had become daily smokers, stopped smoking or remained intermittent smokers at the one year follow up. DESIGN/SETTING/PARTICIPANTS/MEASUREMENTS A population of 12 507 individuals interviewed at baseline in 1992-94 and at a one year follow up, a...

Main results 14 trials (7739 patients) met the inclusion criteria. 8 trials evaluated screening and feedback of results; 3 trials evaluated screening, feedback, and general or specific treatment advice to providers; and 3 trials evaluated screening, feedback, treatment advice, and assistance to practices to develop systematic means of improving treatment and follow up.Of 7 trials that reported ...

OBJECTIVES Stroke is one of the most common and resource intensive diseases for society. Stroke in the working age population is increasing in different parts of the world. An incomplete return to work (RTW) after sick leave post stroke entails negative consequences for the affected person and an economical burden for society. The aim of this study was to explore the RTW rate and factors associ...

OBJECTIVE This randomized-controlled experimental study was conducted to determine the effects of psychoeducation in the inpatient clinic and regular telepsychiatric follow-up (via telephone) after discharge on emotional expression, depression and family burden of primary caregivers of the schizophrenic patients. METHODS This study was performed on 62 caregivers of the schizophrenic patients,...

A Welsh multicentre trial of early (fifth day) compared with late (tenth day) mobilisation in 742 patients after uncomplicated myocardial infarction, reported previously, found that there were no significant differences in survival during the first year, but a partial follow up beyond the first year survival showed a significantly reduced survival during the second and third years among patient...