[PDF] Top 20 The outcome of stroke: A six month follow-up study

... diagnosed stroke patients by consultant internist and/or neurologist (based on clinical findings and confirmed by brain CT-scan and/or MRI) attending Erbil Teaching Hospitals in Iraq were ... See full document

... present study illustrates the importance of obtain- ing both child and parent proxy reports when assessing QoL changes, in epidemiological surveys as well as in clin- ical ...an outcome measure in clinical ... See full document

... present study had several advantages, including a low attrition rate and a multi-informant design (parents, teachers and ...present study does not assess such ...current study included a relatively ... See full document

... this study, using an A-B case series design with three and six month follow-up, six refugee torture survivors with comorbid PTSD, depression and chronic pain received 20 sessions ... See full document

... Multivariate analysis, using the Fatigue Severity Scale as the outcome variable, found that pre-stroke fatigue, having a spouse/partner, lower Rivermead Mobility Index score, higher Br[r] ... See full document

... All stroke patients were followed up after 3 months later by assessment of NIHSS and mRS to evaluate the functional outcome and cardiac auto- nomic dysfunction after ...the study protocol was ... See full document

... primary outcome was used to appreciate the feasibility of the smoking cessation support, and some of the secondary outcomes also assessed the pro- gram feasibility: duration of interviews reflecting the involve- ... See full document

... primary outcome was based on uncorrected distance visual acuity, corrected distance visual acuity, and spherical equivalent of the subjective manifest refraction, at 1 week, 1 month, and 6 months ... See full document

... A semistructured interview will be conducted in the hospital or person ’ s home, depending on their choice. Interviews will last a maximum of 1 h. As the interview style is semistructured, the length of interview and ... See full document

... Data were collected from 1,382 consecutive patients throughout the US diagnosed with nonunion fractures (includes all fractures that show no visibly progressive signs of healing [both 9-month and < ... See full document

... No complications occurred during procedures and im- aging acquisitions. At sacrifice, among the 16 aneurysms, nine had type I endoleaks (six in the Chi group and three in the Chi-STS group) and seven were ... See full document

... the study; h) use drugs that may cause relevant interactions with memantine according to the summary of product characteristics, namely NMDA receptor antagonists (for example, amantadine, ketamine, dex- ... See full document

... Without the use of a sit-to-stand workstation, the participants as a group were unable to significantly reduce their occupational sedentary behaviour six months after the intervention. This suggests that the use ... See full document

... examination, and operative treatment were provided. As a result, the decision of termination or continuation of a preg- nancy was made by the pregnant women and their families. The follow-up outcomes of ... See full document

... one month in which 42% of the beta thalassemic patients had dental calculus and started to increase to be 44% at third month and 50% at six ...one month, three month was zero and at ... See full document

... The statistical analyses of the data were performed by a biostatistician using SPSS version 19.0 software (SPSS Inc., Chicago, IL) with the values of p < 0.05. Shapiro- Wilk and Levene tests were used to respectively ... See full document

... mortality. Follow-up clinics have been instituted for patients postgeneral intensive care but evidence is sparse, and there has been no clinic specifically for survivors of ... See full document

... of .50% after unilateral EBV treatment improved in FEV 1 by + 26%, in 6-MWT by + 19 m, and in SGRQ by − 6.2 points whereas patients with a volume reduction in the treated lobe of ,20% did not show any improvement, ... See full document

... 18- month study, scores on the Rosen- berg Self-Esteem Scale changed little over ...the six- and 12-month fol- low-ups cannot be considered clini- cally meaningful, as it represented a change ... See full document

... more than 95% in specificity), but also correlated with dis- ease activity [4, 5]. Several studies indicated that persistent high antibody levels were associated with a reduced prob- ability of remission either ... See full document