Prevost, Virginie Heutte, Natacha Leconte, Alexandra Licaj, Idlir Delorme, Claire Clarisse, Bénédicte
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BMC Cancer
BackgroundDespite numerous guidelines, nearly one of two patients with cancer pain remains undertreated, thereby affecting their quality of life. Active patient involvement through Therapeutic Patient Education (TPE) is considered as a relevant strategy to overcoming hurdles in pain management. The aim of the EFFADOL study is to assess the effectiv...
Benaniba, Lina Tessoulin, Benoit Trudel, Sabrina Pellat-Deceunynck, Catherine Amiot, Martine Minvielle, Stéphane Gourraud, Pierre Antoine de Visme, Sophie Maisonneuve, Hervé Lok, Anne
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BMC Cancer
BackgroundDespite recent advances in the treatment of multiple myeloma, the disease constantly relapses and is still considered as incurable. The current knowledge about the biological mechanisms underlying resistance to the different class of drugs in multiple myeloma remains poor. The primary objective of the MYRACLE (Myeloma Resistance And Clona...
Boczor, Sigrid Daubmann, Anne Eisele, Marion Blozik, Eva Scherer, Martin
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BMC Public Health
BackgroundChronic heart failure patients typically suffer from tremendous strain and are managed mainly in primary care. New care concepts adapted to the severity of heart failure are a challenge and need to consider health-related quality of life aspects. This is the first psychometric validation of the German EQ-5D-5L™ as a generic instrument for...
Philipp, Julia Zeiler, Michael Wöber, Christian Wagner, Gudrun Karwautz, Andreas F. K. Steiner, Timothy J. Wöber-Bingöl, Çiçek
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The Journal of Headache and Pain
BackgroundHeadache disorders are highly prevalent worldwide, but not so well investigated in children and adolescents as in adults: few studies have included representative nationwide samples. No data exist for Austria until now. In a representative sample of children and adolescents in Austria, we estimated the prevalence and attributable burden o...
Colombo, Delia Zagni, Emanuela Ferri, Fabio Canonica, Giorgio Walter Astarita, Corrado Balbo, Piero Berlendis, Marialma Bruni, Giacomo Bucca, Caterina Canonica, Giorgio Walter
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Allergy, Asthma & Clinical Immunology
BackgroundGender differences in asthma perception and control have been reported. The PROXIMA observational study assessed these outcomes in a cohort of Italian severe allergic asthma (SAA) patients. This post hoc analysis of the PROXIMA results was aimed at assessing gender differences in SAA in a real-world setting, focusing on disease perception...
Murata, Tomokazu Hiramatsu, Yoichi Yamada, Fuminori Seki, Yoichi Nagata, Shinobu Shibuya, Takayuki Yokoo, Mizue Noguchi, Remi Tanaka, Mari Oshiro, Keiko
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BMC Research Notes
ObjectiveMental defeat affects the occurrence and chronicity of depression and cognitive flexibility. This study aimed to examine changes in mental defeat and cognitive flexibility scores after cognitive behavioral therapy including IR. In the intervention group, patients with depression (n = 18, mean age = 37.89 years) received 15 cognitive behavi...
Jacob, Jean Palat, Gayatri Verghese, Naina Chandran, Priya Rapelli, Vineela Kumari, Sanjeeva Malhotra, Chetna Teo, Irene Finkelstein, Eric Ozdemir, Semra
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BMC Palliative Care
BackgroundPatients with advanced cancer often experience poor health-related quality-of-life (HRQoL) due to cancer and treatment-related side-effects. With India’s palliative care landscape in its infancy, there is a concern that advanced cancer patients, especially individuals who are from disadvantaged populations experience poor HRQoL outcomes. ...
Petzold, Johannes Mayer-Pelinski, René Pilhatsch, Maximilian Luthe, Susan Barth, Thomas Bauer, Michael Severus, Emanuel
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International Journal of Bipolar Disorders
BackgroundDespite various pharmacological and psychological treatment interventions, bipolar disorders rank among the leading causes of global disease burden. Group psychoeducation has been demonstrated an effective add-on to pharmacotherapy, but it may be difficult to implement in practice depending on the clinical setting and available human reso...
Bouras, Theodoros U, Edmond Brown, Ashley Gallacher, Peter Barnett, Andrew
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Knee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy : official journal of the ESSKA
The purpose of this study was to measure the improvement in quality of life (QoL) following isolated anatomical double-bundle medial patellofemoral ligament reconstruction. This is a single-centre, prospective study of 56 consecutive patients (57 knees) who underwent isolated MPFL reconstruction between 2014 and 2017. Functional outcome and QoL wer...
Tang, Ai Ling Thomas, Susan J Larkin, Theresa
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Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation
Quality of life (QoL) is greatly impaired in major depressive disorder (MDD). These impairments are not fully accounted for by symptom severity, may persist beyond depressive episodes, and are a risk factor for poor outcomes. MDD is often associated with prominent neuroendocrine changes and increased risk of chronic disease. However, there is a lac...
