Geriatricians and primary care physicians in Japan are expected to provide care to older patients with multimorbidity....
A questionnaire survey was carried out to understand the current approaches to older patients with multimorbidity. A total of 3300 participants, including 1650 geriatric specialists (G) and 1650 prima...
We obtained responses from 439 and 397 specialists in the G and PC, respectively (response rates 26.6 and 24.1%). The overall scores for "diseases" and "backgrounds" were significantly higher in the G...
Geriatricians and primary care physicians have many similarities and differences in their approaches to multimorbidity management. Therefore, there is an urgent need to establish a system in which the...
Since the 1990s, journals have become increasingly online and open access. In fact, about 50% of articles published in 2021 were open access. The use of preprints (i.e., non-peer-reviewed articles) ha...
To compare the levels of functional impairments, discomfort and satisfaction experienced by those treated with full-mouth customized lingual appliances (Lingual appliances), full-mouth self-ligating b...
Patients within one year of the end of treatment were included in the survey and given a questionnaire concerning different kinds of discomfort and difficulties during the treatment process. The quest...
A total of 115 patients participated in the study. In terms of functional impairments and discomfort, the rate and degree of speech difficulty was significantly higher in the Lingual appliances Group ...
Lingual and labial appliances caused similar level of overall pain. Taking into account the overall comfortability, aesthetics and cost, the mixed appliances may be suitable for some patients who have...
Fifteen years ago, a European survey demonstrated widespread adoption of early clinical exposure (ECE) programmes but little emphasis in the curricula of medical schools. We now repeat the survey in l...
Online cross-sectional survey in European medical schools conducted by the EURACT Basic Medical Education Committee in 2021. Descriptive quantitative analyses and a thematic analysis approach were use...
Eighy-nine (48%) medical schools in 30 European countries responded. ECE was used in 65 (73%) of the medical schools, and 88% of ECE programmes took place in primary care. The median total time spent ...
Compared to the previous survey, there was no significant change in the adoption or curricular emphasis of ECE programmes. Institutional attitudes towards certain disciplines and a lack of willingness...
Leber hereditary optic neuropathy (LHON) is an acute or subacute optic neuropathy that mainly affects young males. The first nationwide epidemiological survey of LHON was conducted in 2014 in Japan, a...
A questionnaire was sent to 997 facilities accredited by the Japanese Ophthalmological Society and/or affiliated with the councilors of the Japanese Neuro-Ophthalmology Society. Responses were receive...
The incidence of LHON in 2019 was lower than the estimate in 2014, whereas its prevalence may be similar to that reported in other countries. The accurate estimation of the incidence and prevalence of...
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of a hands-on seminar using a Web conferencing system, based on the post-event questionnaires of the face-to-face and online seminars of the...
This study conducted a national questionnaire survey of Japanese urologists from a treatment perspective for older patients with prostate cancer....
A questionnaire was distributed to 922 teaching hospitals of the Japanese Urological Association. Questionnaire items included years of urologist experience, gender, workplace, treatment equipment own...
In total, 1732 questionnaires were analyzed, with responses evenly distributed across all age groups. Workplaces included general hospitals (49.4%), university hospitals (40.3%), and cancer centers (4...
Less than 15% of urologists used geriatric assessments. Several responded that they would set age limits for highly invasive radical and systemic therapies....
(1) Background: Infection control should be one of the main objectives in the comprehensive medical approach. (2) Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted from June-July 2022. A questionnaire in...
To investigate the level of statistical support available to UK radiology trainees, and to gather opinions regarding how support may affect their current and future research aspirations....
An online survey was developed, piloted, and distributed to radiology trainees via the UK Radiology Academic Network for Trainees and training programme directors. Research experience, research aspira...
Seventy-nine responses were received, only two (3%) of whom had allocated time for research. Only three (4%) respondents were content with their statistical support whereas 25 (32%) reported insuffici...
Training schemes must improve the provision, access to, and awareness of statistical support so that any research efforts are performed to a high standard. Trainees should not be expected to participa...
Management of hypothyroidism is controversial because of medication cost pressures and scientific uncertainty on how to address treatment dissatisfaction experienced by some patients. The objective wa...
Web-based survey....
UK endocrinologists were invited to participate....
Responses to questionnaire....
The response rate was 21% (272/1295). While levothyroxine monotherapy is regarded as the treatment of choice for hypothyroidism, 51% of respondents stated that combined treatment with levothyroxine an...
UK endocrine practice in management of hypothyroidism is broadly in line with international guidance. However, a minority of respondents would consider thyroid hormone supplementation in euthyroid ind...
