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- Hallert, C, et al.
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Living with coeliac disease - Controlled study of the burden of illness
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In: Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology. - 0036-5521 .- 1502-7708. ; 37:1, s. 39-42
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- Background: Coeliac patients improve vastly when started on a.-gluten-free diet. After 10 years, however, women show a lower level of subjective health than men do. We investigated whether this could be explained by differences in the perceived disease burden. Methods: We studied 68 coeliac patients (34 women) (mean age 57 years, range 32-75) and matched type-2 diabetes controls treated for a mean of 10 years. They were examined by a 9-item Burden of Illness (BI) protocol comprising perceived worries, restriction., and subjective outcome. The subjective health was assessed with the Short Form 36 Health Survey (SF-36) questionnaire. Results: The importance of complying with the diet was ranked similarly high by male and female coeliac patients, However, women were less satisfied with the outcome at 10 years than men were, and expressed more concern about the impact on socializing with friends and having to abstain from important things in life. None of these aspects distinguished male and female diabetic patients, Coeliac women showed a higher BI sum score than men did, and this was inversely related to their SF-36 General health, Vitality and Mental Health scores. Conclusions: Coeliac women adhering to the treatment regimen for several years perceive the disease burden to be worse than men do. In the light of similar differences in their quality of life, inquiry is warranted into the way coeliac men and women are coping with the disorder.
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- Strom, P., et al.
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Validation and learning in the Procedicus KSA virtual reality surgical simulator : Implementing a new safety culture in medical school
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In: Surgical Endoscopy. - : Springer Science and Business Media LLC. - 0930-2794 .- 1432-2218. ; 17:2, s. 227-231
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- Background: Advanced simulator training within medicine is a rapidly growing field. Virtual reality simulators are being introduced as cost-saving educational tools, which also lead to increased patient safety. Methods: Fifteen medical students were included in the study. For 10 medical students performance was monitored, before and after 1 h of training, in two endoscopic simulators (the Procedicus KSA with haptic feedback and anatomical graphics and the established MIST simulator without this haptic feedback and graphics). Five medical students performed 50 tests in the Procedicus KSA in order to analyze learning curves. One of these five medical students performed multiple training sessions during 2 weeks and performed more than 300 tests. Results: There was a significant improvement after 1 h of training regarding time, movement economy, and total score. The results in the two simulators were highly correlated. Conclusion: Our results show that the use of surgical simulators as a pedagogical tool in medical student training is encouraging. It shows rapid learning curves and our suggestion is to introduce endoscopic simulator training in undergraduate medical education during the course in surgery when motivation is high and before the development of "negative stereotypes" and incorrect practices.
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