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Filter by:Stoma has serious psychosocial effects on patients. Stoma prehabilitation has a potential to overcome these problems. Patients in prehabilitation group were attached with a water-filled stoma pouch (250 ml) 48 hours before surgery. These pouches were not removed until surgery, and enterostomal therapy nurse preoperatively taught the patients how to manage the stoma pouch with similar standards as the usual postoperative stoma-care. This study aims to measure the effects of prehabilitation on stoma self-care, quality of life, anxiety and depression levels.
Testing the efficacy of the Jalosome® Soothing gel in 2 or 3 grade radiodermatitis healing in oncological patients. The investigators would like to know also the efficacy of the device on quality of life and pain.
Aim: The aim of the present study was to analyse the effects of training performed on a rotating, motorised platform (the Huber/SpineForce device from LPG Systems, Valence, France) intended to reduce the risk of falls. Subjects: any patient 1) benefiting from a physiotherapy rehabilitation program at the CHU Liège, CNRF, Belgium; 2) presenting a pathological situation justifying functional rehabilitation with HUBER 360®; 3) presenting any pathology not constituting an exclusion criterion; 4) giving informed consent to research will be include in this 8-week interventional trial. Design: randomized open-label trial. Patients will be randomized into the intervention group (HUBER trainig, 45 minutes of training, twice a week during 8 weeks) or in the control group (standard care). Outcomes: the effect of the training will be measured on the Time-Up-and-Go test, on the Short-Physical performance battery test and on quality of life.
Colorectal cancer screening program has been proven to reduce colorectal cancer (CRC) mortality and is cost-effective. It has been adopted by most countries in the world, and colonoscopy is regarded as the most accurate test for detecting colorectal neoplasm. After screenees underwent colonoscopy, most endoscopists do not routinely explain the preliminary optical diagnosis to the subjects before they going home, which may cause unnecessary anxiety and may reduce the quality of life of the subjects before acquiring the final results. In recent years, endoscopic optical diagnostic technology has been validated by meta-analysis studies as an excellent tool to predict the histology of colorectal polyps and to differentiate the invasion depth of colorectal cancer. The real time feature of endoscopic optical diagnosis allows endoscopists to explain the preliminary results confidently to the subjects immediately after colonoscopy, which is expected to reduce the anxiety of the subjects before they acquired the final results and improve their quality of life. We designed a randomized controlled trial to validate whether real-time endoscopic optical diagnosis could decrease the anxiety burden and improve the quality of life for colorectal-cancer screenees after colonoscopy.
Evaluation of patients before and after knee arthroplasty regarding balance, function and quality of life. Comparison of total and unicompartmental knee arthroplasty. Comparison of the primary outcome parameter and selected secondary outcome parameters to healthy controls.
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. This registration concerns the initial pilot study.
Posterior cranial fossa craniectomy has been shown to improve patient survival. The level of autonomy, disability and quality of life of survivors has been little studied and still underresearched,. In this context, an assessment of the level of disability and of the quality of life after performing a posterior craniectomy seems relevant.
Norway and other Western industrialized countries are facing major challenges in terms of preventable health problems, high work absence, largescale demographic changes and rising social inequalities in health. By applying an interdisciplinary research approach - integrating perspectives from psychology, sociology, medicine and economics, using multiple samples and complementary analytical strategies, this project addresses the need for effective means to meet these important challenges. The project will scientifically evaluate The 5 Ways to Wellbeing course (5Ways), a novel measure aiming to promote wellbeing and integration, health and work adherence. Subjective wellbeing is systematically and prospectively related to important individual and societal outcomes, including social connectedness and integration, innovation, productivity, work performance, healthy behaviours, health and longevity. Promotion of wellbeing may therefore contribute to address the urgent societal ailments of today. Intervention effects and cost effectiveness of the 5Ways will be examined in-depth in four real-life settings, using quantitative and qualitative methods. Specifically, we will investigate course impact on i) sickness absence for employees in work places with high sickness absence rates, ii) wellbeing, health and social participation among immigrants attending the municipalities? Introduction Programmes, and iii) wellbeing, health and work adherence among users of The Norwegian Labour and Welfare Administration (NAV) and iv) clients in Healthy Life Centres. If effective, the course may be implemented nationwide and contribute to increase wellbeing and work participation and reduce immigrants? exclusion. Findings from the study may thus contribute to enable municipalities and workplaces to make better priorities for promoting work presence, reducing suffering and improving mastery and quality of life among their employees and inhabitants
MejoraCare-Paraguay main objective is to test a mHealth solution (MejoraCare app) to be used for the education and empowerment of chronic patients (COPD, cancer, diabetes, heart disease. hypertension, etc.), and for supporting healthcare professionals to monitor and better understand patients' evolution during the COVID-19 outbreak (MejoraCare dashboard). This mHealth solution is built upon the Adhera platform, which has already been validated in other therapeutic areas such as smoking cessation. MejoraCare is expected to raise awareness, educate and empower chronic patients, promoting behavioral changes towards adhering to healthier lifestyles thus reducing the risk of COVID-19 infection while providing emotional regulation support aiming at improving their mental health, quality of life, and emotional well-being.
An open-label study to clinically assess a novel wearable advanced compression technology (Dayspring™) undertaken to determine if potential barriers to lymphedema self-care were effectively addressed. The Dayspring™ device is a novel FDA-cleared wearable solution that is portable and easy-to-use sequential compression system. The following endpoints are examined: 1. Improvement in QoL in subject with upper-extremity edema after 28 days as measured by the LYMQOL disease-specific validated assessment tool. 2. Arm volume maintenance or improvement as measured prior to and after 28 days of device use. 3. Safety as assessed by reported adverse events 4. Patient satisfaction as measured by visual analog scale (VAS) and survey at the end of the study; and 5. Adherence to therapy as measured with a smart phone app.