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- Asplund, Dan, et al.
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Pretreatment quality of life in patients with rectal cancer is associated with intrusive thoughts and sense of coherence
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Ingår i: International Journal of Colorectal Disease. - : Springer Science and Business Media LLC. - 0179-1958 .- 1432-1262. ; 32:11, s. 1639-1647
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Purpose Quality of life may predict survival. In addition to clinical variables, it may be influenced by psychological factors, some of which may be accessible for intervention. The primary objective of this study was to investigate the association of intrusive thoughts and the patients' sense of coherence with pretreatment quality of life in patients with newly diagnosed rectal cancer. Methods Patients were prospectively included in 16 hospitals in Sweden and Denmark. They answered an extensive questionnaire after receiving their treatment plan. Clinical data were retrieved from national quality registries for rectal cancer. Results Of 1248 included patients, a total of 1085 were evaluable. Pretreatment global health-related and overall quality of life was lower in patients planned for palliative compared with curative treatment (median 53 vs. 80 on the EuroQoL visual analogue scale, p < 0.001 and odds ratio 0.56, 95% confidence interval 0.36-0.88, respectively). Quality of life was associated with intrusive thoughts (odds ratio 0.33, 95% confidence interval 0.24-0.45) and sense of coherence (odds ratio 0.44, 95% confidence interval 0.370.52) irrespective of the treatment plan. Conclusions Pretreatment quality of life was influenced by the intent of treatment as well as by intrusive thoughts and the patients' sense of coherence. Interventions could modify these psychological factors, and future studies should focus on initiatives to improve quality of life for this group of patients.
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- Bock, David, 1976, et al.
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Assessing health, quality of life and urogenital function in a sample of the Swedish general population: a cross-sectional study
- 2018
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Ingår i: Bmj Open. - : BMJ. - 2044-6055. ; 8:5
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Objective Evaluate the urinary, bowel and sexual function as well as stress symptoms and depression in a sample of the Swedish population. Design A random sample of Swedish men and women in age groups from 30 to 89 years, a total of 3000 individuals, were contacted and after receiving informed consent, a questionnaire was sent. Main outcome measures Measures of urinary, bowel, sexual function and quality of life. Results The questionnaire was sent to 2094 individuals who gave informed consent. The questionnaire was answered by 1078 individuals. Quality of life, stress symptoms and depressed mood were relatively constant across age groups for both men and women. Urinary function differed significantly across gender and age groups, but bowel function was relatively unaffected by age. Overall bowel dysfunction was slightly more prevalent among women compared with men. For both men and women, the frequency of intercourse or other sexual activities decreased with age, whereas sexually associated distress increased by age in men, but decreased among women. Conclusions In a general population, the urinary function varied across age and sex. Overall bowel dysfunction was slightly more prevalent among women compared with men. Sexually associated distress increased by age for men, but decreased for women.
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- Bombarda, F., et al.
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Runaway electron beam control
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Ingår i: Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion. - : IOP Publishing. - 1361-6587 .- 0741-3335. ; 61:1
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- Conway, N. J., et al.
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The MAST motional Stark effect diagnostic
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Ingår i: REVIEW OF SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS. - Melville, NY : AMER INST PHYSICS. - 1089-7623. ; , s. 10D738-
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- A motional Stark effect (MSE) diagnostic is now installed and operating routinely on the MAST spherical tokamak, with 35 radial channels, spatial resolution of similar to 2.5 cm, and time resolution of similar to 1 ms at angular noise levels of similar to 0.5 degrees. Conventional (albeit very narrow) interference filters isolate pi or sigma polarized emission. Avalanche photodiode detectors with digital phase-sensitive detection measure the harmonics of a pair of photoelastic modulators operating at 20 and 23 kHz, and thus the polarization state. The pi component is observed to be significantly stronger than sigma, in reasonably good agreement with atomic physics calculations, and as a result, almost all channels are now operated on pi. Trials with a wide filter that admits the entire Stark pattern (relying on the net polarization of the emission) have demonstrated performance almost as good as the conventional channels. MSE-constrained equilibrium reconstructions can readily be produced between pulses.
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- Correa-Marinez, Adiela, et al.
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Stoma-related symptoms in patients operated for rectal cancer with abdominoperineal excision.
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Ingår i: International journal of colorectal disease. - : Springer Science and Business Media LLC. - 1432-1262 .- 0179-1958. ; 31:3, s. 635-41
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The primary aim of this study was to characterize the frequency, severity, and distress of symptoms from the colostomy and colostomy acceptance in rectal cancer patients. The secondary aims were to study the symptomatic parastomal herniation, its relationship to stoma-related symptoms, and potential risk factors for the development of symptomatic parastomal herniation.
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