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Pichaporn Sumphao-Ngern Chingching Foocharoen Watchara Boonsawat Ajanee Mahakkanukrauh Siraphop Suwannaroj Uraiwan Sae-Oue Sittichai Netwijitpan Ratanavadee Nanagara Scleroderma Research Group 《Archives of Medical Science》2015,11(6):1255-1260
Introduction
Spirometry is a screening tool for evaluating the degree of restrictive lung disease in systemic sclerosis (SSc). Observations indicated that some patients could not complete the test. The aim of the study was to identify the prevalence, causes and clinical predictors of an inadequate pulmonary function test (PFT) in SSc.Material and methods
A cross-sectional study was performed among SSc patients over 18 years old followed up at Srinagarind Hospital, Khon Kaen, Thailand, during January 2006–December 2012. The adequacy of the PFT was based on the acceptable blow criteria as set out by the American Thoracic Society and the European Respiratory Society 2005 Standardizations of Spirometry.Results
Two hundred and forty-nine patients were included (female to male ratio was 2 : 1). The mean age at performing PFT was 51.4 ±11.1 years (range: 19.6–79.5). Median duration of disease at performing PFT was 2 years (IQR: 0.6–4.4). Inadequate PFT occurred in 73 cases (prevalence 29.3%: 95% CI: 23.6–35.0); the majority (60 cases; 82.2%) had an expiration time < 6 s and the others were due to plateau < 1 s (11 cases; 15%), air leak around mouth piece (1 case; 1.4%) and hesitation (1 case; 1.4%). Thirteen of 73 (17.8%) had an unusable graph with the overall prevalence of 5.2% (95% CI: 2.4–8.0). The factor associated with inadequate PFT was docy mass index (BMI) < 18.5 kg/m2 (OR = 2.17: 95% CI: 1.49–3.17); the same factor was associated with an unusable graph, which was confirmed by the multivariate analysis (OR = 5.21; 95% CI: 1.60–16.95).Conclusions
One-third of Thai SSc patients had an inadequate pulmonary function test – the majority because of inadequate time for expiring. Low BMI influenced the effectiveness of the test, leading to an incomplete graph for evaluating lung disease in SSc. 相似文献2.
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Ideal self-image congruency as a motivator for smoking: the moderating effects of personality traits
Chang C 《Health communication》2007,22(1):1-12
A content analysis showed that cigarette advertising in Taiwan from June 2001 to May 2003 portrayed smokers as masculine, adventurous, pleasure-loving, and sociable. A survey of 1,490 high school students further indicated that smokers and nonsmokers differ in the congruency between their ideal self-images and the perceived smoker image on these 4 image dimensions. The self-smoker image congruency was greater for smokers than for nonsmokers and was positively associated with attitudes toward cigarette advertising Most important, this study demonstrated that participants' personality traits moderated self-smoker image congruency effects on smoking attitudes. Implications and suggestions for antismoking campaigns are discussed. 相似文献
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Chang C 《Health communication》2012,27(2):111-123
This article examines how health news gets framed and the influence of exposure to news framed differently. A content analysis of Taiwanese newspapers indicates that health news in general, and H1N1 flu news in particular, is more likely to use alarm rather than coping frames. According to an experiment, exposure to H1N1 flu news in an alarm frame evokes greater fear and increases perceived severity and vulnerability, though it does not help develop prevention and treatment efficacy. A survey of the general public also shows that attention and exposure to televised news coverage of the H1N1 flu are associated with greater levels of worry and perceptions of the severity of and vulnerability to this health problem, but they are not related to issue knowledge, detection, or prevention efficacy. Thus, it is important for news coverage to provide information that increases the audience's efficacy when alerting it to health threats. 相似文献
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Foocharoen C Sarntipipattana C Foocharoen T Mahakkanukrauh A Paupairoj A Teerajetgul Y Nanagara R 《The Southeast Asian journal of tropical medicine and public health》2011,42(2):331-337
There are reports of a correlation between high adenosine deaminase (ADA) levels in body fluid and tuberculosis (TB) infection, but none have evaluated synovial fluid ADA and TB arthritis. The objectives of this study were to determine the proper cut-off level for synovial fluid adenosine deaminase (SF-ADA) and the sensitivity and specificity of SF-ADA to diagnose TB arthritis. Between January 2006 and December 2007, SF-ADA were determined using the modified Giusti's method on patients over 15 years of age with clinically suspected TB arthritis or having an unknown etiology of their arthritis. Synovial fluid culture for TB was performed in all patients as a gold standard test. Forty cases were included in the study, with a female to male ratio of 1.7:1 and a mean age of 52.3 +/- 17.4 years (range, 16-80). The median duration of symptoms was 60 days. The prevalence of TB arthritis was 16.7% (6 cases) while the remaining cases were rheumatoid arthritis (8), non-TB bacterial septic arthritis (3), and miscellaneous (23). The mean SF-ADA levels in patients with TB arthritis and non-TB arthritis were 35.7 +/- 10.4 (range, 20-51) and 15.4 +/- 9 (range, 2-34) U/1, respectively. The cut-off value for the diagnosis of TB arthritis was 31 U/1, with a sensitivity of 83.3% (95% CI 35.9-99.6), a specificity of 96.7% (95% CI 82.8-99.9) and an agreement Kappa of 0.8 (p < 0.001). SF-ADA levels higher than 31 U/1 were highly correlated with a diagnosis of TB arthritis, with a high sensitivity and specificity. SF-ADA may be considered as a less invasive and time-consuming diagnostic tool for TB arthritis. 相似文献
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Evidence‐based recommendations for the diagnosis and management of rheumatoid arthritis for non‐rheumatologists: Integrating systematic literature research and expert opinion of the Thai Rheumatism Association
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Wanruchada Katchamart Pongthorn Narongroeknawin Parawee Chevaisrakul Pornchai Dechanuwong Ajanee Mahakkanukrauh Nuntana Kasitanon Rattapol Pakchotanon Kittiwan Sumethkul Parichat Ueareewongsa Sittichai Ukritchon Thitirat Bhurihirun Kittikorn Duangkum Porntip Intapiboon Samanan Intongkam Wimol Jangsombatsiri Kanon Jatuworapruk Naravadee Kositpesat Pawinee Leungroongroj Wiyanoot Lomarat Chonachan Petcharat Siriluck Sittivutworapant Patcharawan Suebmee Pongchirat Tantayakom Worakan Tipsing Paijit Asavatanabodee Praveena Chiowchanwisawakit Chingching Foocharoen Ajchara Koolvisoot Worawit Louthrenoo Boonjing Siripaitoon Kitti Totemchokchyakarn Tasanee Kitumnuaypong the Thai Rheumatism Association 《International journal of rheumatic diseases》2017,20(9):1142-1165
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