Factors associated with health-related quality of life in long-stay inpatients with chronic schizophrenia.

Aim: Few studies have investigated the health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in long-stay inpatients with chronic schizophrenia in Japan. This study aimed to clarify the factors associated with HRQoL among these patients.

Methods: Out of 238 patients with chronic schizophrenia admitted to three hospitals, 101 inpatients provided informed consent to participate in the study.

[Reading performance in patients with central visual field disturbance due to glaucoma].

Purpose: To evaluate the relationship between central visual field disturbance due to glaucoma and reading performance.

Subjects And Methods: We evaluated the reading performance of 11 patients (14 eyes) with visual acuities of 1.0 and higher who had absolute scotoma within 3 degrees of the central visual field.

Measurements of density and sticking probability of CN(X(2)Sigma(+)) radicals by laser-induced fluorescence spectroscopy.

CN(X(2)Sigma(+)) radicals were produced by the decomposition of BrCN with the microwave discharge flow of Ar under the conditions of Ar pressure in the range of 0.40-0.70 Torr.

[Reading performance in the scar stage of age-related macular degeneration].

Purpose: To evaluate reading performance in patients with age-related macular degeneration (AMD).

Subjects And Methods: Six normal subjects over 50 years of age and 40 patients with AMD were evaluated. Near visual acuity, critical print size, and maximum reading speed were tested to compare the data from normal subjects with those from AMD patients.