What Is Justice? Perspectives of Victims-Survivors of Gender-Based Violence.

This article explores "how do victims-survivors of gender-based violence (GBV) experience and perceive justice?" based on interviews with 251 victims-survivors with experience of different types of GBV and criminal, civil, and family justice systems. Victims-survivors were found to have multiple perceptions of justice, related to different points in their journey following abuse and regarding individual, community, and societal responses. Perceptions relate to accountability; fairness in outcome and process; protection from future harm; recognition; agency; empowerment; affective justice; reparation; and social transformation.

General Versus Regional Anaesthesia for Lower Limb Arthroplasty and Associated Patient Satisfaction Levels: A Prospective Service Evaluation in the Oxford University Hospitals.

Introduction Lower limb arthroplasty is performed under general anaesthesia (GA) or regional anaesthesia (RA). There is increasing evidence of the surgical and anaesthetic benefits of RA. National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) guidelines advise using either but highlight a lack of data comparing outcomes of RA and GA for these procedures.

Potential mechanisms of the fatigue-reducing effect of cognitive-behavioral therapy in cancer survivors: Three randomized controlled trials.

Objective: Fatigue is a common symptom among cancer survivors that can be successfully treated with cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT). Insights into the working mechanisms of CBT are currently limited. The aim of this study was to investigate whether improvements in targeted cognitive-behavioral variables and reduced depressive symptoms mediate the fatigue-reducing effect of CBT.

Moderators of the effect of psychosocial interventions on fatigue in women with breast cancer and men with prostate cancer: Individual patient data meta-analyses.

Objective: Psychosocial interventions can reduce cancer-related fatigue effectively. However, it is still unclear if intervention effects differ across subgroups of patients. These meta-analyses aimed at evaluating moderator effects of (a) sociodemographic characteristics, (b) clinical characteristics, (c) baseline levels of fatigue and other symptoms, and (d) intervention-related characteristics on the effect of psychosocial interventions on cancer-related fatigue in patients with non-metastatic breast and prostate cancer.

Effects and moderators of coping skills training on symptoms of depression and anxiety in patients with cancer: Aggregate data and individual patient data meta-analyses.

Purpose: This study evaluated the effects of coping skills training (CST) on symptoms of depression and anxiety in cancer patients, and investigated moderators of the effects.

Methods: Overall effects and intervention-related moderators were studied in meta-analyses of pooled aggregate data from 38 randomized controlled trials (RCTs). Patient-related moderators were examined using linear mixed-effect models with interaction tests on pooled individual patient data (n = 1953) from 15 of the RCTs.

Graded activity is an important component in cognitive behavioral therapy to reduce severe fatigue: results of a pragmatic crossover trial in cancer survivors.

Fatigue is one of the most common and distressing long-term effects of cancer treatment. Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) is an evidence-based intervention for patients with severe post-cancer fatigue. CBT for fatigue is a complex intervention consisting of multiple elements like a graded activity program, regulation of the sleep-wake rhythm and reformulation of fatigue-related cognitions.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Treatment-Related Fatigue in Chronic Myeloid Leukemia Patients on Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitors: A Mixed-Method Study.

Treatment-related fatigue significantly limits quality of life among chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) patients receiving tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs), yet no interventions to reduce this symptom have been studied. We examined preliminary feasibility and efficacy of cognitive behavioral therapy for TKI treatment-related fatigue in patients with CML. We used a mixed methods convergent design and collected quantitative data through randomized single-case experiments.

The relationship of fatigue in breast cancer survivors with quality of life and factors to address in psychological interventions: A systematic review.

Severe fatigue occurs in one in four breast cancer survivors (BCS). Quality of life (QOL) and psychological factors are important in fatigue-oriented interventions for BCS, but an up-to-date overview is lacking. The aims of this review were to (i) provide a comprehensive overview of the relationship of fatigue with QOL and factors that can be addressed in psychological interventions for fatigue in BCS and (ii) determine the strength of evidence for these relationships.

Are the effects of cognitive behavior therapy for severe fatigue in cancer survivors sustained up to 14 years after therapy?

Purpose: Cognitive behavior therapy (CBT) reduces cancer-related fatigue (CRF) in cancer survivors in the short term. We examined fatigue levels up to 14 years after CBT.

Methods: Eligible participants of two randomized controlled trials who had completed CBT for CRF and a post-treatment assessment were contacted (n = 81).

The efficacy of Internet-based cognitive behavioral therapy for severely fatigued survivors of breast cancer compared with care as usual: A randomized controlled trial.

Background: Severe fatigue is a common and distressing symptom affecting approximately one in four survivors of breast cancer. The current study examined the efficacy of Internet-based cognitive behavioral therapy (ICBT) for severe fatigue in survivors of breast cancer compared with care as usual (CAU).

Methods: The authors conducted a parallel-group randomized controlled trial.

Severe fatigue after treatment of ductal carcinoma in situ: A comparison with age-matched breast cancer survivors and healthy controls.

Purpose: Severe fatigue after treatment of ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) has not been studied before. The current study examined (i) the prevalence of severe fatigue in DCIS patients versus breast cancer survivors (BCS) and healthy controls (HC), (ii) quality of life and functioning of severely versus non-severely fatigued DCIS patients and BCS, and (iii) the association of fatigue with psychosocial and behavioral factors in DCIS patients.

Methods: 89 patients treated for DCIS were matched on age and gender to 67 BCS and 178 HC (ratio 1:1:2).

The Distress Thermometer for screening for severe fatigue in newly diagnosed breast and colorectal cancer patients.

Objective: Internationally, the Distress Thermometer and associated Problem List are increasingly used in oncology as screening tools for psychological distress. Cancer-related fatigue is common but often overlooked in clinical practice. We examined if severe fatigue in cancer patients can be identified with the fatigue item of the Problem List.

Risk factors, prevalence, and course of severe fatigue after breast cancer treatment: a meta-analysis involving 12 327 breast cancer survivors.

Background: This meta-analysis aimed to (i) examine demographic, disease-related, and treatment-related risk factors, (ii) estimate the prevalence, and (iii) describe the course of severe fatigue following breast cancer (BC) treatment.

Methods: PubMed, PsycINFO, Cochrane, CINAHL, and Web of Science were systematically searched from inception up to 23 November 2015. Risk factors and prevalence rates were analyzed with inverse variance random-effects analyses.

A randomized controlled trial of web-based cognitive behavioral therapy for severely fatigued breast cancer survivors (CHANGE-study): study protocol.

Background: About one third of breast cancer survivors suffer from persistent severe fatigue after completion of curative cancer treatment. Face-to-face cognitive behavioral therapy (F2F CBT), especially designed for fatigue in cancer survivors, was found effective in reducing fatigue. However, this intervention is intensive and treatment capacity is limited.

Comparative Prevalence of Eating Disorders in Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder and Other Anxiety Disorders.

Objective. The purpose of this study was to compare the prevalence of comorbid eating disorders in Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) and other common anxiety disorders. Method.

From pillar to post: homeless women's experiences of social care.

This paper reports findings from a longitudinal study of homeless women. Thirty-eight women were recruited with a retention rate of 58% over three rounds of interviews. Interviews explored specific events in women's lives, their current living arrangements and how their experiences and needs, including for social care, changed over time.

Robotic partial nephrectomy: a multi-institutional analysis.

Laparoscopic partial nephrectomy for kidney tumors has demonstrated durable oncologic and functional outcomes. The feasibility of robotic partial nephrectomy (RPN) has been demonstrated in several small, single-institution studies. We performed a large, multi-institutional analysis to determine early oncologic results and perioperative outcomes after RPN.

Symptomatic perirenal serous cysts of müllerian origin mimicking renal cysts on CT.

Objective: Our aim was to describe the clinical presentation, CT appearance, and management of a series of symptomatic perirenal serous cysts of müllerian origin, confirmed by laparoscopic resection.

Conclusion: Perirenal serous cysts of müllerian origin are uncommon lesions that may present as large symptomatic perirenal cystic masses mimicking exophytic renal cysts on CT. Serous cyst of müllerian origin should be considered in the differential diagnosis when CT reveals a large solitary perirenal cyst in a woman with flank or abdominal pain or both.

Pure laparoscopic right donor nephrectomy: step-by-step approach.

Background And Purpose: Debate surrounds laparoscopic kidney procurement for right donor nephrectomy. We detail our pure laparoscopic technique of right kidney retrieval.

Technique: We use a four-port transperitoneal approach and extract the kidney through a low Pfannenstiel incision.

Laparoscopic-assisted upper pole ureterocalicostomy using renal inversion and autotransplantation.

Despite various described methods of reconstruction after upper ureteral injury, many cases are complex and remain a surgical challenge. Careful preoperative evaluation and planning are crucial in the selection of the appropriate procedure, particularly in patients in whom preservation of the renal mass is imperative. We report a case of severe upper ureteral injury and subsequent fibrosis, with no usable renal pelvis and focal upper pole dilation, that was managed with renal inversion and upper pole ureterocalicostomy.

The primary stone event: a new hypothesis involving a vascular etiology.

Purpose: We detail a new hypothesis regarding a vascular phenomenon as the primary event in the formation of urolithiasis.

Materials And Methods: A complete MEDLINE search was performed to examine the existing literature regarding the etiology of nephrolithiasis. In addition, urinary calculi were retrieved from 11 patients undergoing percutaneous nephrolithotomy and analyzed for total and esterified cholesterol content.

Technique, indications and outcomes of pure laparoscopic right donor nephrectomy.

Purpose: Laparoscopic nephrectomy for living renal transplantation has emerged as the gold standard. Nevertheless, experience with this technique for procuring right kidneys is limited. We report our single institution results of pure laparoscopic right donor nephrectomy.

The argument against the routine use of ureteral access sheaths.

The current authors' experience with thousands of ureteroscopic procedures has led them to believe that ureteral access sheaths are seldom necessary. No study to date has accurately determined an advantage of using these sheaths for routine ureteroscopy. The current authors have outlined their alternative methods that eliminate the reported advantages of the sheaths.