Factor structure and psychometric properties of the Body Appreciation Scale-2 among adolescents and young adults in Danish, Portuguese, and Swedish.

In recent years, the study of body image shifted from focusing on the negative aspects to a more extensive view of body image. The present study seeks to validate a measure of positive body image, the Body Appreciation Scale-2 (BAS-2; Tylka & Wood-Barcalow, 2015a) in Denmark, Portugal, and Sweden. Participants (N = 1012) were adolescents and young adults aged from 12 to 19. Confirmatory factor analyses confirmed the one-dimensional factor structure of the scale. Multi-group confirmatory factor analyses indicated that the scale was invariant across sex and country. Further results showed that BAS-2 was positively correlated with self-esteem, psychological well-being, and intuitive eating. It was negatively correlated with BMI among boys and girls in Portugal but not in Denmark and Sweden. Additionally, boys had higher body appreciation than girls. Results indicated that the BAS-2 has good psychometric properties in the three languages.

Short-term prophylactic antibiotics in patients undergoing prostatectomy: report of a double-blind randomized trial with 2 intravenous doses of cefotaxime.

The effect of short-term antibiotic prophylaxis on postoperative infection with 2 injections of cefotaxime begun preoperatively was evaluated in a double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled trial at 1 center on 181 patients with preoperative sterile urine undergoing transurethral resection (90) or open prostatectomy (91). Antibiotic prophylaxis reduced the number of urinary infections significantly in both groups without altering the level of resistant pathogens. Cefotaxime lowered the incidence of postoperative infection in the early postoperative period from 30 to 4 per cent in the transurethral resection group and from 46 to 4.5 per cent in the open prostatectomy group. A significant difference was found between the 2 treatment groups in the incidence of perioperative bacteremia and postoperative fever. Among the patients undergoing an open prostatectomy a reduced rate of wound infection and a shorter duration of hospital stay were witnessed in the treated group. Thus, short-term chemoprophylaxis by cefotaxime is of benefit in reducing morbidity and hospital cost for prostatectomy by either procedure.