Pak J Med Sci
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To find out the effects of psychological support intervention on patients with nasopharyngeal carcinoma undergoing radiotherapy. ⋯ Psychological support intervention is an effective means to treat patients with nasopharyngeal carcinoma, which results in various benefits such as improving patients' mental resilience and quality of life and reducing the incidence of adverse reactions after radiotherapy.
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Urinary incontinence (UI) is the involuntary loss of urine or the inability to control urination. The International Continence Society defines UI as any complaint of involuntary loss of urine. UI is a very important health problem that affects women's quality of life. It can lead to a decrease in women's self-confidence and prevent them from participating in social activities. This study was conducted to investigate the prevalence of UI in women living in Turkey, the factors affecting it, and women's attitudes toward UI. ⋯ The demographic and fertility characteristics of the women influenced the frequency of experiencing UI. In addition, among the women participating in the study, those with negative attitudes toward UI experienced more UI problems. There should be greater efforts to raise awareness among women on this subject.
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To compare the clinical effects of neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy (NCRT) and neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NCT) on complications and recurrence in patients with advanced gastric cancer (AGC). ⋯ NCRT is safer and more effective in patients with AGC compared with NCT, and can significantly improve the QOL of patients. It can be widely used in clinical practice.
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To compare the degenerative features of cartilaginous endplate with bony endplate in association with intervertebral degeneration in local population at radiographic, macroscopic and microscopic level in human motion segments. ⋯ This study, for the first time identifies that there exists a critical association of bony and cartilaginous endplate with intervertebral disc degeneration individually in the same tissue sections using multi-dimension assessment methods. Degeneration in any of the components of VEP is consonantly associated with IVD degeneration. The BEP & CEP, though, they are unique structures but are interlinked with each other structurally and functionally.
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To explore the effect of Atorvastatin combined with Irbesartan in the treatment of early diabetic nephropathy (DN). ⋯ Compared with Irbesartan alone, Atorvastatin combined with Irbesartan is more effective in the treatment of early DN. Combined treatment regimen is able to effectively reduces the micro-inflammatory state, improve renal function and fibrosis, and is not associated with the increased risk of adverse reactions.