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Bladder cancer is the 11th most common cancer in the UK and with an ageing population the incidence is increasing. There is a relative lack of prospective quality of life (QoL) data evaluating the impact of the illness and treatment on QoL and patient-reported outcomes (PROs). Here we evaluate the available tools to assess QoL and PROs, and summarise the published data evaluating outcomes in patients treated with radiotherapy for muscle-invasive disease. We also discuss some of the recently completed studies and those ongoing that will help to shape future care and assist in decision making for patients and their clinicians.
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Qualidade de Vida , Neoplasias da Bexiga Urinária , Humanos , Estudos Longitudinais , Medidas de Resultados Relatados pelo Paciente , Neoplasias da Bexiga Urinária/radioterapiaRESUMO
Child psychiatry in developing countries has recently attained the status of an established specialty. This review looks at available epidemiological data, and factors contributing to similarities and differences in rates of disorder. The relevance of child psychiatry to child health in these countries has service, training and research implications.
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Psiquiatria Infantil/tendências , Países em Desenvolvimento , Necessidades e Demandas de Serviços de Saúde/tendências , Transtornos Mentais/epidemiologia , Adolescente , Criança , Estudos Transversais , Humanos , Incidência , Transtornos Mentais/psicologia , Transtornos Mentais/terapia , Meio SocialAssuntos
Maus-Tratos Infantis/prevenção & controle , Prevenção Primária , Criança , Humanos , Nigéria , Sri LankaRESUMO
A study was made of the long-stay patients at the two mental hospitals in Sri Lanka and a census taken of the total in-patient population. Socio-economic factors contributing to long-stay were high-lighted, and factors to be considered in the rehabilitation and after care of this group discussed. The proportion of patients who became long-stay, and their circumstances, are compared with similar groups in the U.K.
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Transtornos Mentais/epidemiologia , Adolescente , Adulto , Feminino , Hospitais Psiquiátricos , Humanos , Tempo de Internação , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Alta do Paciente , Condições Sociais , Sri Lanka , Reino UnidoRESUMO
A psychiatric morbidity study of a general hospital outpatient department population in Sri Lanka was done.A two stage sampling method was used. Questions which differentiated the psychiatrically morbid group were identified. The disease pattern was compared and contrasted with that presenting at psychiatric facilities in the area.Neurotic illness, the commonest being hypochondriasis was found to predominate in the general outpatient psychiatrically ill population in contrast to the population at in and out patient psychiatric facilities where schizophrenia was the major diagnostic category.