Objective The main objective of this study was to investigate the use and user experience of an Information Communication Technology-supported home exercise program when offered for independent use to pre-frail older adults. Our secondary aim was to explore whether the program improved quality of life and health status compared to a control group. Methods A cohort multiple randomized controll...

BACKGROUND Accurate measurement of quality of life in older ICU survivors is difficult but critical for understanding the long-term impact of our treatments. Activities of daily living (ADLs) are important components of functional status and more easily measured than quality of life (QOL). We sought to determine the cross-sectional associations between disability in ADLs and QOL as measured by ...

Nature benefits human health. To date, however, little is known whether biodiversity relates to While some local and city level studies show that species diversity, as a measure of biodiversity, can have positive effects, there lack about the relationship between different diversity measures health, especially at larger spatial scales. Here, we conduct cross-sectional analyses association healt...

Introduction: Vascular access for hemodialysis (HD) is essential the patient. Even though Arteriovenous fistula (AVF) preferred access, in certain age groups, central venous catheter (CVC) may provide advantages. This study aims to investigate quality of life related vascular access. Methods: Cross-sectional including patients from a hospital, home HD unit and satellite center. Clinical data wa...

UNLABELLED Self-help and psychoeducation have been identified as effective methods for delivering treatment, yet not everyone benefits from these brief interventions. Therefore it is clinically and economically useful to identify who is likely to require more intensive assistance. This paper develops a prognostic scale which predicts who will recover from panic attacks and who will require more...

The history of fluctuation relations may be traced back to the late seventies/early eighties papers by Bochkov-Kuzovlev [BK77, BK79, BK81] that were not remarked at the time. In the next development, in 1993 Evans-Cohen-Morriss observed in [ECM93] a symmetry in the distribution of fluctuations of microscopic pressure in a thermostatted particle system driven by external shear. Attempts to expla...

Ciclopiroxolamine (CPO) and Zinc Pirythione (ZP) antifungals are efficient at treating scalp seborrheic dermatitis. This multicentre, single-blind, clinical study was conducted to evaluate the efficacy of a shampoo containing the 1.5% CPO/1% ZP association compared to the vehicle shampoo and to 2% ketoconazole foaming gel in the treatment of seborrheic dermatitis. In 189 patients randomised to ...

AIMS Self-reported information from questionnaires is frequently used in clinical epidemiological studies, but few provide information on the reproducibility of instruments applied in secondary coronary prevention studies. This study aims to assess the test-retest reproducibility of the questionnaire applied in the cross-sectional NORwegian CORonary (NOR-COR) Prevention Study. METHODS In the ...

Objective. The present study was conducted to determine if depressive symptoms were associated with variability in pain perception and quality of life among patients with nonalcohol-related chronic pancreatitis. Methods. The research design was cross-sectional, and self-report data was collected from 692 patients with nonalcohol-related, intractable pancreatitis. The mean age of the sample was ...

BACKGROUND Several studies have linked obesity to the increased likelihood of lower back pain, but there are no studies focussing on the effectiveness of a multimodal physiotherapy programme (MPP) in obese subjects who suffer from chronic non-specific lower back pain (CNLBP). The aim of this study was to compare the effectiveness of an MPP in obese (G1) (body mass index (BMI):≥30) and non-obese...