scholarly journals Mean intrasellar pressure, visual field, headache intensity and quality of life of patients with pituitary adenoma

2010 ◽  
Vol 68 (3) ◽  
pp. 350-354 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aldo Pereira-Neto ◽  
André Meireles Borba ◽  
Paulo Andrade de Mello ◽  
Luciana Ansanelli Naves ◽  
Antônio Santos de Araújo Jr ◽  
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Intrasellar pressure (ISP) measurement technique has recently opened a new line of research in neuroendocrinology. The absolute and mean ISP values were investigated in 25 patients consecutively operated at the Brasilia University Hospital (DF). These data were correlated with serum prolactin levels, number of visual quadrant affected, tumor size, quality of life (measured through the SF-36 scale) and graded headache (measured through the HIT-6 scale). No correlation was observed. The p values were 0.887; 0.137; 0.892; 0.812 and 0.884; respectively. The HIT-6 values were inversely and moderately correlated with total RAND SF-36 and its mental and physical dimensions.

2013 ◽  
Vol 2013 ◽  
pp. 1-5 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jawaher Masmoudi ◽  
Rim Sellami ◽  
Uta Ouali ◽  
Leila Mnif ◽  
Ines Feki ◽  
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Background. Alopecia areata (AA) has a significant impact on the quality of life and social interaction of those suffering from it. Our aim was to assess the impact of AA on the quality of life.Methods. Fifty patients diagnosed with AA seen in the Department of Dermatology of Hedi Chaker University Hospital, between March 2010 and July 2010, were included. Quality of life was measured by SF 36; severity of AA was measured by SALT.Results. Eighty percent had patchy alopecia with less than 50% involvement, 12% had patchy alopecia with 50–99% involvement, and 8% had alopecia totalis. Compared with the general population, AA patients presented a significantly altered quality of life, found in the global score and in five subscores of the SF-36: mental health, role emotional, social functioning, vitality, and general health. Gender, age, marital status, and severity of alopecia areata had a significant influence on patients’ quality of life.Conclusions. This study indicates that patients with AA experience a poor quality of life, which impacts their overall health. We suggest screening for psychiatric distress. Studies of interventions such as counseling, psychoeducation, and psychotherapeutic interventions to reduce the impact of the disease may be warranted.


2017 ◽  
Vol 41 (S1) ◽  
pp. S653-S653
Author(s):  
I. Feki ◽  
S. Hentati ◽  
R. Sallemi ◽  
M. Moala ◽  
J. Masmoudi

BackgroundMost elderly patients, with cancer are cared for, by a family member who may be affected by various stressors that can influence their health and quality of life (QOL).ObjectivesTo explore depression, quality of life and its related factors among caregivers of elderly patients with cancer.MethodologyThis is a descriptive and analytical cross-sectional study including 40 primary caregivers of old patients aged 65 or older, with cancer in oncologic radiotherapy service in university hospital Habib Bourguibain Sfax, Tunisia. The short form health survey (SF-36) and Beck inventory (13 items) were used to assess respectively QOL and depression.ResultsThe average age of caregivers was 44.62 years. The sex ratio (M/F) was 0.9. Most of caregivers (75%) had impaired QOL (score ˂ 66.7). The two main components of SF-36 were altered with a standard score of 45 for the physical component and 41.1 for mental component. According to Beck inventory, Depression was present in 67.6% of cases. Impaired QOL of life was significantly correlated with somatic illnesses in the caregiver (P = 0.016), advanced stage of cancer (P = 0.01), financial difficulties (P = 0.04), the non-cohabitation with the patient before the disease (P = 0.031) and depression (P = 0.00).ConclusionAccording to our study, caregiving can have a negative effect on the caregiver's mental and physical health. Assistance and information from healthcare professionals are the key to improving the ability of caregivers to cope with caring for older patients with cancer.Disclosure of interestThe authors have not supplied their declaration of competing interest.


2012 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 52-58 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carolin Gall ◽  
Iris Mueller ◽  
Gabriele H. Franke ◽  
Bernhard A. Sabel

Considerably diminished quality of life (QoL) is observed in patients with visual field defects after lesions affecting the visual pathway. But little is known to what extent vision-and health-related QoL impairments are associated with psychological distress. In 24 patients with chronic visual field defects (mean age=56.17±12.36) the National Eye Institute-visual functioning questionnaire (NEI-VFQ) for vision-related QoL, the Short Form Health Survey-36 (SF-36) for generic QoL and the revised Symptom-Checklist (SCL-90-R) were administered. Cases with clinically relevant SCL-90-R symptoms were defined. Demographic, QoL and visual field parameters were correlated with SCL-90-R scales. About 40% of the investigated patients met the criteria for the definition of psychiatric caseness. 8/12 NEI-VFQ scales correlated significantly with SCL-90-R phobic anxiety (r-range -0.41 to -0.64, P<0.05), 5/12 NEI-VFQ scales correlated with SCL-90-R interpersonal sensitivity (-0.43 to -0.50), and 3/12 with SCL-90-R depression (-0.51 to -0.57) and obsessive-compulsiveness (-0.41 to -0.43). In contrast, only 1/8 SF-36 scales correlated significantly with SCL-90-R depression, phobic anxiety and interpersonal sensitivity (-0.41 to -0.54). No substantial correlations were observed between visual field parameters and SCL-90-R scales. Significant correlations of SCL-90-R with NEI-VFQ but not with SF-36 suggest that self-rated psychological distress is the result of diminished vision-related QoL as a consequence of visual field loss. The extent of visual field loss itself did not influence the rating of psychological distress directly, since SCL-90-R symptoms were only reported when diminished vision-related QoL was present. Patients with reduced vision-related QoL due to persisting visual field defects should therefore be offered additional neuropsychological rehabilitation and supportive psychotherapeutic interventions even years after the lesion.


2013 ◽  
Vol 31 (15_suppl) ◽  
pp. 9570-9570
Author(s):  
Alysia Bosworth ◽  
Elizabeth L. Goodman ◽  
Eric Wu ◽  
Liton Francisco ◽  
Leslie L. Robison ◽  
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9570 Background: Cancer survivors are at risk for deficits in health-related quality of life (HRQL). Youth (8-12y) and adolescent (13-20y) versions of the MMQL have been developed to address survivor-specific issues and are currently in use; the MMQL-AF has now been developed to assess HRQL in cancer survivors aged 21-55y, enabling cross-sectional and longitudinal assessment of childhood cancer survivors as they age. Methods: The MMQL-AF was administered to 499 adults: 65 patients undergoing cancer therapy, 107 off therapy, 327 healthy controls (matched on sex, age, education). Factor analysis was performed; items with factor loadings ≥0.40 were retained. The following psychometric properties were evaluated: internal consistency reliability (Cronbach’s alpha), construct validity (concurrent administration of SF-36), known-groups validity (score comparisons across the 3 groups), and stability (intraclass correlations from patients completing MMQL-AF twice, 2 weeks apart). Results: Among patients, 46% had hematological malignancies, 33% were males, 64% were non-Hispanic whites; median age was 40y. Factor analysis resulted in retention of 44 items across 6 scales: social functioning (n=9), physical functioning (n=12), cognitive functioning (n=7), outlook on life (n=4), body image (n=5), and psychological functioning (n=7).Internal consistency was 0.8-0.9 for scales and 0.95 overall.The MMQL-AF distinguished between known groups; healthy controls scored significantly higher (better HRQL) than patients on 4 of 6 scales. Off-therapy patients scored higher than on-therapy patients on physical functioning.The MMQL-AF scales correlated highly with SF-36 scales hypothesized to tap similar domains (all P values <0.001), demonstrating construct validity.Intraclass correlations were 0.82-0.95 for scales and 0.98 overall (all P values <0.001), indicating high stability. Conclusions: MMQL-AF is a reliable and valid self-report instrument for measuring multi-dimensional HRQL in cancer survivors aged 21-55y. Development of this instrument ensures availability of a tool that can assess HRQL from 8-55y, thus addressing needs of childhood cancer survivors as they age.


2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (E) ◽  
pp. 156-160
Author(s):  
Mona Hamdy ◽  
Iman Hassan Draz ◽  
Inas Talaat El Sayed ◽  
Azza Ali Fahmy Ayyad ◽  
Marwa Rashad Salemd

AIM: This paper aimed at assessing the quality of life (QoL) among beta (β)-thalassemia major patients using the short-form-36questionnaire (SF-36) and determining the factors associated with it. METHODS: A cross-sectional study was conducted among β-thalassemia major patients who were attending the hematology outpatient clinic at Cairo University Hospital using the consecutive sampling technique. Data were collected between October 2016 and March 2017. The QoL was assessed for patients aged ≥17 years. During the study period, a total number of 112 patients were included for participation. RESULTS: The mean age of the studied group was 18.32 ± 1.33 years. Most of the included patients (93.63%) had 1 monthly blood transfusion. The mean total score of SF-36 was 44.90 ± 7.54. Among the QoL domains of the studied patients, the “general health perception” domain was the most affected one with a mean score of (add the value of the score here), while the “vitality” domain was the least affected one. No statistically significant difference was reported between males and females regarding different QoL domains except for the “vitality” domain which mean score was significantly higher in males compared to females (p = 0.05). The age at onset of the disease and at first blood transfusion was the most documented factors to be positively correlated with the QoL among the studied patients. CONCLUSION: This study revealed that the QoL in thalassemia major patients is compromised. QoL assessment should be performed for all thalassemia patients to determine and implement the necessary interventions that focus on the affected domains.


2021 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 72-87
Author(s):  
C. Leggieri ◽  
L. Dezza ◽  
B. Oltolini ◽  
R. Lembo ◽  
B. Noto ◽  
...  

Patients may experience long-term physical, psychological and cognitive impairment after intensive care unit (ICU) discharge, a condition commonly described as post-intensive care syndrome. The relative contribution of each of these components to long-term quality of life was never investigated.The aim of this studyis to identify the type and severity of disability and QoL at the discharge from ICU and up to following 6 months.Material and Methods. All patients (n=218) discharged from a university hospital ICU between April 2016 and July 2017 were eligible. Exclusion criteria included: age <18 years, brain or spinal injury, life expectancy <90 days, and ICU stay <12 hours. The Short Form Health Survey (SF-36), and 5-level EuroQoL-5D (EQ-5D-5L) questionnaires were administered at ICU discharge, and at 30-, 90- and 180-days. We compared patients requiring short-term ICU monitoring (IM, Intensive Monitoring,n=109) or patients requiring ICU treatment (IT, Intensive Treatment,n=109).Results. All dimensions of SF-36 and EQ-5D-5L parameters increased from ICU discharge to 180-days, except for the SF-36 Synthetic index linked to mental health (P=0.08). All EQ-5D-5L parameters improved significantly in the IT group, while only Visual Analog Scale Health Perception improved in the IM group.Conclusion. ICU survivors suffer long-term physical and psychological sequelae. The perception of Quality of Life is reduced after ICU discharge. The psychological and cognitive dimensions were more compromised than physical ones. Patients discharged from the ICU may benefit from specific intensive care follow-up clinics addressing their needs in term of psychological and cognitive support.


Rheumatology ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 59 (6) ◽  
pp. 1272-1280 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elena Nikiphorou ◽  
Sam J Norton ◽  
Lewis Carpenter ◽  
David A Walsh ◽  
Paul Creamer ◽  
...  

Abstract Objectives To examine associations between function, quality of life and structural outcomes in patients achieving remission vs low disease activity in early RA. Methods Demographic, clinical and radiographic variables were collected at baseline and then annually from the Early Rheumatoid Arthritis Study (ERAS) and Early Rheumatoid Arthritis Network (ERAN) inception cohorts in routine care from 1986 to 2012. Disease activity was categorized: mean DAS28 score between years 1 and 5: remission [mean remission DAS (mRDAS) &lt;2.6] or low [mean low DAS (mLDAS) 2.6–3.2]; sustained low/remission DAS28 (sLDAS/sRDAS) at years 1 and 2; and sustained Boolean remission (sBR) at years 1 and 2. Changes in HAQ and Short Form 36 Health Survey Questionnaire [SF-36; physical (PCS) and mental (MCS) component score]) and total Sharp van der Heijde (SvdH) scores for each disease activity category were modelled using multi-level models. Covariates included year of onset, age, gender and DMARD use at first visit. Results Of 2701 patients, 562 (21%) were categorized mRDAS, 330 (12%) mLDAS, 279 (10%) sRDAS, 203 (7.5%) sLDAS and 93 (3%) sBR. Patients categorized as mRDAS had increasingly divergent improved HAQ, SF-36 PCS, MCS and total SvdH scores compared with mLDAS (P-values 0.001 to &lt;0.0001, all time points). Patients categorized as sRDAS had better HAQ, SF-36 PCS and MCS scores (P-values 0.05 to &lt;0.0001, all time points) and SvdH scores (P = 0.05, years 3–5) over sLDAS. sBR was associated with better HAQ, and SF-36 PCS and MCS scores over sLDAS (P-values 0.002 to &lt;0.0001, all time points). Conclusion These findings from routine care support ACR/EULAR guidelines that remission is a preferable goal over low disease activity in early RA.


2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (4) ◽  
pp. 215-220
Author(s):  
Yassine AL BORGI ◽  
Amina El Alaoui ◽  
Zineb Benlachhab ◽  
Wiam Toutti ◽  
Mohamed SaghirBahah ◽  
...  

ObjectiveThe interest of our work is to identify the objective parameters that can improve the subjective parameters of the well-being of the patients and to share the experience of the care in our center. Kt / V urea and KDQOL SF 36 scale (Kidney Disease Quality of Life short form 36)were used. Material and methodsThis is a single-center cross-sectional study conducted in October 2018 among patients treated with peritoneal dialysis, followed for at least six months in the Nephrology Department of Fez University Hospital (Morocco). The quality of life was assessed using the SF-36 (short form) version of the Kidney Disease Quality of Life (KDQOL) scale in its validated Arabic dialect version (1). We used the KDQOL-SF36 results as quantitative variables related to obtaining a Kt / V> 1.7. ResultsThis study included 17 adult patients on peritoneal dialysis of which 35.3% are on automated peritoneal dialysis (APD) and 64.7% are on continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD). The mean age is 40.8 ± 5 years and the sex ratio is 9H / 8F. In bivariate analysis, we found a significant relationship between dialysis dose and social support. This result could be explained by better adherence in patients with better social support. ConclusionEfforts must be made to achieve the adequacy goals, without losing sight of patients’ quality of life. There is also a need for further studies that include more patients and study other parameters such as clinical evaluation, residual renal function and ultrafiltration.    .


2007 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 0-0 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vytautas Lipnickas ◽  
Mindaugas Kiudelis ◽  
Andrius Gradauskas ◽  
Nerijus Kaselis ◽  
Deividas Narmontas ◽  
...  

Vytautas Lipnickas1, Mindaugas Kiudelis2, Andrius Gradauskas3, Nerijus Kaselis4, Deividas Narmontas1, Kęstutis Strupas11 Vilniaus universiteto ligoninės Santariškių klinikų Pilvo chirurgijos centras,Santariškių g. 2, LT-08661 Vilnius;2 Kauno medicinos universiteto klinikų Chirurgijos klinika;3 Vilniaus miesto universitetinė ligoninė;4 Klaipėdos miesto ligoninėEl paštas: [email protected] Įvadas / tikslas Pacientai, turintys kirkšninę išvaržą, operuojami ir tradiciniais būdais, ir naujesniais, kai operacijos metu naudojami sintetiniai aloplastiniai tinkleliai. Specialistai tebediskutuoja, kuris chirurginio gydymo būdas yra geriausias. Esant panašiems komplikacijų ir recidyvų skaičiams, svarbūs yra visi operacijos poveikio pacientui aspektai. Vienas jų yra gyvenimo kokybės pokyčiai. Metodai Perspektyvus daugiacentris atsitiktinių imčių klinikinis tyrimas, lyginantis Shouldice, Lichtensteino ir laparoskopines TAPP operacijas, atliktas 2003–2004 metais keturiose Lietuvos ligoninėse. Pagal standartizuotą metodiką operuoti 248 pacientai. Prieš operaciją užpildytas bendras visų pacientų gyvenimo kokybės klausimynas SF-36. Praėjus po operacijos 2 sav., 6 ir 12 mėn., pacientai buvo kviečiami kontrolinių patikrinimų, per kurios pildyta speciali paciento fizinės būklės vertinimo anketa ir pooperacinis klausimynas SF-36. Rezultatai Ankstyvu pooperaciniu laikotarpiu statistiškai reikšmingas skirtumas tarp laparoskopinių ir abiejų atvirųjų operacijų grupių rastas vertinant pagal fizinio funkcionalumo, veiklos apribojimo dėl fizinių problemų, kūno skausmo ir socialinio funkcionalumo skales. Statistiškai reikšmingai mažiau pacientų skundėsi skausmu operacijos vietoje po laparoskopinių operacijų, palyginti su atvirosiomis, p < 0,001. Po 6 mėn. rastas laparoskopinių operacijų ir atvirųjų skirtumas vertinant pagal įprastinės veiklos apribojimo dėl fizinių problemų skalę, p < 0,05. Statistiškai reikšmingas skirtumas buvo tarp laparoskopinių ir abiejų atvirųjų operacijų grupių lėtinio skausmo požiūriu, p < 0,01. Po operacijos praėjus 12 mėn., nė vienos SF-36 sveikatos vertinimo skalės statistiškai reikšmingo skirtumo nenustatyta. Jo nerasta ir vertinant lėtinį skausmą. Lyginant fizinę būklę, statistiškai reikšmingai skyrėsi laparoskopinių ir Shouldice operacijų grupės, p < 0,01. Išvados Laparoskopinės TAPP operacijos rezultatai gyvenimo kokybės ir lėtinio skausmo požiūriu tiek ankstyvu, tiek vėlyvu pooperaciniu laikotarpiu yra geriausi. Iš atvirųjų operacijų ankstyvu pooperaciniu laikotarpiu gyvenimo kokybės požiūriu geresni Lichtensteino operacijų grupės rezultatai negu Shouldice operacijų. Reikšminiai žodžiai: kirkšninė išvarža, gyvenimo kokybė, SF-36, lėtinis skausmas Randomized multicenter prospective clinical trial of Shouldice vs Lichtenstein vs laparoscopic TAPP inguinal hernia repair: chronic pain and health-related changes of quality of life Vytautas Lipnickas1, Mindaugas Kiudelis2, Andrius Gradauskas3, Nerijus Kaselis4, Deividas Narmontas1, Kęstutis Strupas11 Vilnius University Hospital Santariškių Klinikos, Centre of Abdominal Surgery,Santariškių 2, LT-08661 Vilnius, Lithuania;2 Kaunas University of Medicine, Clinic of Surgery;3 Vilnius City University Hospital;4 Klaipėda City HospitalE-mail: [email protected] Background / objective Open anterior inguinal hernia repair is a time-tested, safe and well-understood operation with a high success rate, while laparoscopic techniques are fairly recent. However, the best surgical approach to the repair of inguinal hernias is still unclear. Given their similarity in terms of complications and recurrence rate, other issues associated with these surgical techniques become more important. One of them is the quality of life. Methods The prospective randomized multicenter clinical study was performed in four surgical centers of Lithuania in 2003. 248 patients were operated on according to standardized protocols of Shouldice, Lichtenstein and laparoscopic TAPP inguinal hernia repairs. Chronic pain and changes of the quality of life according to the SF-36 questionnaire and ad hoc questionnaire of physical status were compared. Results The significantly higher scores in the physical functioning, role-physical, bodily pain and social functioning scales for laparoscopic hernia repair at 2 weeks postoperatively were apparent. The laparoscopic group had significantly less pain (p < 0.001). The significantly higher scores in the role-physical scale for laparoscopic to both open hernia repair methods at 6 months after operation were found (p < 0.05). The laparoscopic group had significantly less chronic pain 6 months postoperatively (p < 0.01). No significant difference in quality of life among three methods one year after operation was apparent. The laparoscopic group had less chronic pain one year after operation, but the difference was not significant Conclusions The laparoscopic TAPP inguinal hernia repair had the best scores of quality of life both in the early and the late postoperative periods. There was less chronic pain after laparoscopic TAPP inguinal hernia repair. The higher scores of quality of life were recorded after Lichtenstein versus Shouldice inguinal hernia repair in the early postoperative period. Keywords: groin hernia, health-related quality of life, SF-36, chronic pain


2004 ◽  
Vol 171 (4S) ◽  
pp. 15-16
Author(s):  
Tatsuaki Yoneda ◽  
Shin Imai ◽  
Shinji Urakami ◽  
Hirofumi Kishi ◽  
Kazushi Shigeno ◽  
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