Articles: outcome.
-
The Phenotype of Frailty Predicts Disability and Mortality among Mexican Community-Dwelling Elderly.
Frailty represents a major public health priority in Western countries. Specific social and cultural factors may influence the prevalence and predictive value for negative health-related events of this syndrome. ⋯ The prevalence of frailty is higher in this elderly population than what previously reported in other cohorts. The phenotype of frailty was confirmed to be a predictor for adverse health-related outcomes (including mobility, ADL, and IADL disability). Further studies in Latin American countries are needed to identify frailty and develop adapted interventions for the prevention of adverse outcomes in older persons.
-
Premature ejaculation (PE) is a very common sexual dysfunction among patients, and with varying prevalence estimates ranging from 3% to 20%. Although psychological issues are present in most patients with premature PE, as a cause or as a consequence, research on the effects of psychological approaches for PE has in general not been controlled or randomised and is lacking in long-term follow up. ⋯ Overall, there is weak and inconsistent evidence regarding the effectiveness of psychological interventions for the treatment of premature ejaculation. Three of the four included randomised controlled studies of psychotherapy for PE reported our primary outcome (Improvement in IELT), and the majority have a small sample size. The early success reports (97.8%) of Masters and Johnson could not be replicated. One study found a significant improvement from baseline in the duration of intercourse, sexual satisfaction and sexual function with a new functional-sexological treatment and behavior therapy compared to waiting list. One study showed that the combination of chlorpromazine and BT was superior to chlorpromazine alone. Randomised trials with larger group samples are still needed to further confirm or deny the current available evidence for psychological interventions for treating PE.
-
We sought to determine the effect of severe obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) on long-term outcomes after myocardial infarction. We hypothesized that severe OSA was associated with lower event-free survival rate after ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI). ⋯ 42% of the patients admitted with STEMI have undiagnosed severe OSA. Severe OSA carries a negative prognostic impact for this group of patients. It is associated with a lower event-free survival rate at 18-month follow-up.