objective : patients with chronic physical diseases sometimes show increased loss of function; such patients need more care. anxiety is a well-known symptom that is prevalent among chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients that can prolong and increase the risk of hospitalization. the purpose of this study was to evaluate the severity of anxiety in the mentioned patients and to examine the...

in this paper, we investigate a problem of finding natural condition to assure the product of two graphs to be hamilton-connected. we present some sufficient and necessary conditions for $gbox h$ being hamilton-connected when $g$ is a hamilton-connected graph and $h$ is a tree or $g$ is a hamiltonian graph and $h$ is $k_2$.

OBJECTIVE To assess mood and quality of life in male hemodialysis patients, and to correlate mood swings with the different domains of the quality of life questionnaire. METHOD Forty-seven male patients undergoing regular hemodialysis for more than six months were included in the study. The Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression and the Kidney Disease Quality of Life Questionnaire, in a version...

OBJECTIVE To determine whether McMaster University's family medicine residents training in the Family Medicine North (FMN) program have better quality lives than those based in Hamilton, Ont (urban). DESIGN Residents at both sites were simultaneously given the Quality of Life Questionnaire, a standardized measurement tool. They were asked to complete the questionnaire anonymously and to provi...

BACKGROUND Even though patients with depression often show significant alexithymia, the underlying mechanism of their alexithymia remains unclear. Furthermore, few experimental studies have explored their ability to regulate emotions. OBJECTIVE To explore the characteristics of alexithymia in patients with depression, and the relationship of depressive symptoms, alexithymia and emotion regula...

BACKGROUND There is uncertainty about the efficacy of lamotrigine in bipolar depressive episodes. AIMS To synthesise the evidence for the efficacy of lamotrigine in bipolar depressive episodes. METHOD Systematic review and meta-analysis of individual patient data from randomised controlled trials comparing lamotrigine with placebo. RESULTS Individual data from 1072 participants from five ...

OBJECTIVE Some have suggested that standardized rating scales be used in clinical practice to monitor the course of treatment; however, the time demands of clinical practice make it difficult to use such measures. This study derived a cutoff on a self-report depression questionnaire corresponding to the most widely used definition of remission (a score < or =7 on the 17-item Hamilton Depression...

background: frozen shoulder is resulting in limb disability and reduction of quality of life but the factors associated with patients’ disability and quality of life is not clear. to assess pain, disability, the quality of life and factors associated with them in patients suffering from frozen shoulder.  methods: we enrolled 120 patients (37 men and 83 women) with phase-ii idiopathic frozen sho...

Background: Voiding and sexual dysfunction in Multiple Sclerosis represent the most devastating dimensions of the disease. Pharmacological treatment of voiding dysfunction could improve sexual life in patients affected by the disease. We investigated the effects of Onabotulinum toxin A intradetrusor injections on urinary symptoms and sexual dysfunction, and on the psychological status of women ...

Sixty nine patients with various types of haematological malignancies were studied. Chronic myeloid leukaemia (n =32) was the commonest diagnosis. The patients were assessed on Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression, PGI-N(2) Health Questionnaire and Presumptive Stressful Life Events Scale and those who had scores above the cut off points for Hamilton Rating Scale and/or PGI-N(2) Health Questionn...