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Filter by:The primary purpose of this study is to characterize the quality of life in patients with intracranial germ cell tumors. Those findings can contribute towards a better understanding of the impact of the current treatment strategy on survivors.
Existing evidence has shown that medical affairs pharmaceutical physicians (MAPPs), are a core function within the pharmaceutical industry. Despite their expertise, there are ongoing concerns about recognition and respect for the MAPP's role within the pharmaceutical industry. Anecdotal evidence further suggests that this lack of recognition and respect for the valuable contribution of this specialised group of medical doctors may impact their quality of life, resulting in stress, anxiety, depression and occupational burnout. Hence, participants are likely to use NHS services as patients, when experiencing the physical, mental, and emotional issues associated with occupational burnout, an internationally recognised condition (ICD-11 code QD85) resulting from chronic occupational stress. This observational study will recruit participants to contribute data to creating a MAPP work-related participant-reported outcome measure on the impact of work-related performance on quality of life (QoL). The created MAPP work-related participant-reported measure will be used longitudinally with study participants to measure their QoL monthly for 12 months. In total, up to 180 Medical Affairs Pharmaceutical Physicians are expected to be recruited to the study. The study will be conducted in two main phases, involving three online surveys.
This is a prospective, interventional pilot study to evaluate the feasibility of randomizing patients diagnosed with prostate cancer to different treatment schemes according to their risk. Patients with a diagnosis of prostate adenocarcinoma (confirmed by biopsy), without signs of metastasis outside the pelvis in the staging study and without prior radiotherapy (RT) to the pelvic region will be recruited. The definition of risk group from the international guide National Comprehensive Cancer Network will be used. - Low risk - Favorable intermediate risk - Unfavorable intermediate risk - High risk The use of hormonal blocking will be at the discretion of each treating physician. The radiotherapy simulation will be carried out according to the institutional protocol for the treatment of prostate cancer. According to the risk group of the patients, the following randomization will be carried out: - Low / intermediate favorable risk: Patients will be randomized to receive SBRT to prostate 36.25 Gy in 5 fractions, alternate days or weekly, with VMAT (technique and 6 Mega-voltage (MV) X-rays vs to SBRT to prostate 26 Gy in 2 fractions, 1 weekly fraction, with VMAT technique and 6 Mv X-rays. The volumes to be treated, ¨Clinical target volume¨ (CTV) will be defined as the prostate, according to the consensus of the Radiation Therapy Oncology Group (RTOG). - Intermediate unfavorable risk and high risk: Patients will be randomized to receive SBRT to the prostate and seminal vesicles, 36.25 Gy in 5 fractions, alternate days or weekly, with VMAT technique and 6 MV X-rays vs SBRT to pelvis scheme of 25 Gy in 5 fractions with simultaneous integrated boost up to 36.25 to the prostate and seminal vesicles, with the same technique. - Patients with positive pelvic node: Will be randomized to moderate hypofractionated RT , completing a dose of 44 Gy in 20 fractions to the pelvis with a simultaneous integrated boost up to 54-60 Gy in 20 fractions to metastatic lymphadenopathy and prostate with seminal vesicles, completing 60 Gy to prostate and seminal vesicles or to ultra hypofractionated RT to the prostate and macroscopic lymphadenopathy to 35 and 30-35 Gy respectively and 25 Gy in 5 fractions to the elective nodal areas.
This project will provide new evidence on how to optimize medication use among older people with limited life expectancy. This will be done by testing whether a patient-centered deprescribing intervention, focused on aligning medical treatment with patients' preferences, can improve quality of life among older people with limited life expectancy.
The purpose of this study is to assess the patient's feedback from using GnRHa depot formulation in postoperative, premenopausal patients with hormone receptor-positive breast cancer.
This study will be evaluate the clinical efficacy of using graduated compression hosiery for venospecific symptoms, leg edema, and quality of life (QoL) in pregnant women with varicose veins (VV's).
The aim of this study is to investigate whether spinal alignment and spinal mobility have an effect on upper extremity functions in Parkinson's patients. In the light of the data obtained as a result, we think that our study will also contribute to determining the factors that may cause upper limb dysfunctions seen in Parkinson's patients and will guide new treatment-oriented studies to be carried out in the future.
The purpose of this study is to (1) describe patient and clinician engagement in web-based symptom self-monitoring, (2) identify differences in symptom management between intervention and usual care groups, and (3) identify potential outcomes of real-time symptom tracking and management. With the assistance of the study coordinator, participants randomized to the intervention will create an account with Noona. Patients will be instructed to log symptoms as often as relevant using their own personal devices. Patients will also be prompted once per week for 24 weeks to log any recent symptoms. These participants will be sent a Symptom Questionnaire (SQ) via the Noona tool that summarizes their symptoms and distress one week prior to each oncology clinic visit. Symptoms designated as clinically severe either during regular symptom logging or via the SQ will trigger a prompt to contact the clinical team for immediate follow-up.
During covid-19 pandemic an huge reorganization of all PiacenzaHospital was done to manage the increasing requests for hosptitalization. New nurses had to face first work experience in full pandemic Emergency. Altough even before the pandemic, being a newly graduated nurses was described as a stressful and isolating experience , we can't find studies in the literatureconcerning newly graduated and newly hired nurses during the pandemic pediod. The study purpose is to describe and analyze, trough a phenomenological research, the experience of these nurses.
This study aims to assess the quality and life and life satisfaction of pediatric and adolescent gymnasts throughout their musculoskeletal injury recovery.