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Aged* ; Female ; Humans ; Percutaneous Coronary Intervention*

PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the clinical performance of the BTA TRAK assay and to compare it with that of voided urine cytology in the detection of bladder cancer. MATERIALS AND METHODS: TRAK was evaluated two groups of patients. Bladder cancer group was comprised of patients wit histologically confirmed active bladder cancer. The second group of patients had a history of bladder cancers but were considered to have no evidence of disease on basis of cystoscopic evaluation of bladder and/or biopsy. Sensitivity was determined in urine samples from patients with histologically confirmed bladder cancer. Specificity was determined in samples from patients who had a history of bladder cancer but no current evidence of disease. RESULTS: BTA TRAK assay was positive in 21 of 24 samples from patients with diagnosed bladder cancer. The sensitivity of BTA TRAK assay (87.5%) was significantly higher than that of voided urine cytology (45.8%). According to grade, the sensitivity of BTA TRAK assay was significantly higher than that of voided urine cytology in urine samples from patients with grade 1 bladder cancer. The specificity of BTA TRAK assay was 80% in patients who had a history of bladder cancer but no current evidence of disease. CONCLUSIONS: The BTA TRAK assay is superior to voided urine cytology in the detection of bladder cancer. The difference of the sensitivity was statistically significant(p<0.05). The results of this study indicate that BTA TRAK assay is a useful adjunct to cystoscopy in the detection of bladder cancer and useful monitoring tool of bladder cancer.
Biopsy ; Cystoscopy ; Humans ; Sensitivity and Specificity ; Urinary Bladder Neoplasms* ; Urinary Bladder*

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Dementia* ; Primary Health Care*

BACKGROUND: The purpose of this study was to assess the prevalence of orthostatic hypotension(OH) and its associations with demographic characteristics, body mass index, medications, disease and activities of daily living. METHODS: Orthostatic hypotension was assessed at 1 minutes after the patients arose from a supine position among the 183 elderly patients aged 60 years or older in a mental hospital. RESULTS: The prevalence of orthostatic hypotension defined by changes in systolic or diastolic blood pressure was 41.0% and the prevalence of systolicorthostatic hypotension was 13.1%. Body mass index and serum sodium concentration were lower in women with orthostatic hypotension than those without orthostatic hypotension, but there were no differences among men. Orthostatic hypotension was significantly associated with the level of supine systolic and diastolic blood pressure. Through multiple logistic regression analysis, orthostatic hypotension seerned to be associated with factors such as body mass index, supine diastolic blood pressure and serum sodium concentration. There was no association between orthostatic hypotension and factors such as sex, age and medications. CONCLUSIONS: Orthostatic hypotension was common in the long-term hospitalized elderly patients. It was associated with hypertension, hyponatremia and low body weight.
Activities of Daily Living ; Aged* ; Blood Pressure ; Body Mass Index ; Body Weight ; Female ; Hospitals, Psychiatric ; Humans ; Hypertension ; Hyponatremia ; Hypotension ; Hypotension, Orthostatic* ; Logistic Models ; Male ; Prevalence ; Risk Factors* ; Sodium ; Supine Position

BACKGROUND: The purpose of this study was to assess the prevalence of orthostatic hypotension(OH) and its associations with demographic characteristics, body mass index, medications, disease and activities of daily living. METHODS: Orthostatic hypotension was assessed at 1 minutes after the patients arose from a supine position among the 183 elderly patients aged 60 years or older in a mental hospital. RESULTS: The prevalence of orthostatic hypotension defined by changes in systolic or diastolic blood pressure was 41.0% and the prevalence of systolicorthostatic hypotension was 13.1%. Body mass index and serum sodium concentration were lower in women with orthostatic hypotension than those without orthostatic hypotension, but there were no differences among men. Orthostatic hypotension was significantly associated with the level of supine systolic and diastolic blood pressure. Through multiple logistic regression analysis, orthostatic hypotension seerned to be associated with factors such as body mass index, supine diastolic blood pressure and serum sodium concentration. There was no association between orthostatic hypotension and factors such as sex, age and medications. CONCLUSIONS: Orthostatic hypotension was common in the long-term hospitalized elderly patients. It was associated with hypertension, hyponatremia and low body weight.
Activities of Daily Living ; Aged* ; Blood Pressure ; Body Mass Index ; Body Weight ; Female ; Hospitals, Psychiatric ; Humans ; Hypertension ; Hyponatremia ; Hypotension ; Hypotension, Orthostatic* ; Logistic Models ; Male ; Prevalence ; Risk Factors* ; Sodium ; Supine Position

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Diabetes Mellitus* ; Genetic Therapy*

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Diabetes Mellitus* ; Genetic Therapy*

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PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to review articles related to the psychometric properties of the Perceived Stress Scale (PSS). METHODS: Systematic literature searches of computerized databases were performed to identify articles on psychometric evaluation of the PSS. RESULTS: The search finally identified 19 articles. Internal consistency reliability, factorial validity, and hypothesis validity of the PSS were well reported. However, the test-retest reliability and criterion validity were relatively rarely evaluated. In general, the psychometric properties of the 10-item PSS were found to be superior to those of the 14-item PSS, while those of the 4-item scale fared the worst. The psychometric properties of the PSS have been evaluated empirically mostly using populations of college students or workers. CONCLUSION: Overall, the PSS is an easy-to-use questionnaire with established acceptable psychometric properties. However, future studies should evaluate these psychometric properties in greater depth, and validate the scale using diverse populations.
Humans ; Psychometrics ; Surveys and Questionnaires