There is accumulating evidence on the beneficial effects of probiotic supplementation for
patients with depressive disorders. However, prior reviews on the topic have largely focused on …

With improvements in mortality in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), the functional status
of these patients, assessed using health-related quality of life (HRQoL) instruments, is …

Background Primary medication non‐adherence (PMN), defined as failure to obtain newly
prescribed medications, results in adverse clinical and economic outcomes. We aimed to (a) …

Objectives To recommend a consensus-derived set of performance-based tests of physical
function for use in people diagnosed with hip or knee osteoarthritis (OA) or following joint …

Objective To describe trends in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) incidence and mortality
over the past 4 decades. Methods Using the Rochester Epidemiology Project resources, …

Background The 12-item General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-12) is widely used as a
unidimensional instrument, but factor analyses tended to suggest that it contains two or three …

Background Diabetes mellitus (DM) is an important public health concern, the impact of
which is increased by the high prevalence of co-existing chronic medical conditions among …

The relationships between ethnicity, socio-economic status (SES) and health-related quality
of life (HRQoL) have not been well characterised in most Asian populations. We therefore …

Objective Type 2 diabetes and associated complications adversely affect health‐related
quality of life ( HRQ o L ). However, it is unclear whether different complications have the same …

Objective Our aim was to cross-culturally validate Chinese Western Ontario and McMaster
Universities Osteoarthritis Index (WOMAC) in patients with knee osteoarthritis (OA) scheduled …