Patients' Willingness to Perform Self-Wound Care: A Cross-sectional Study in the Primary Healthcare Sector in Singapore.

Background: Patient adherence to performing self-wound care (SWC) has a direct influence on the success of telewound care, a healthcare delivery mode that emerged in 2016 in National Healthcare Group Polyclinics in Singapore to relieve the healthcare burden. This mode of delivery was useful during the pandemic, when nonurgent face-to-face visits were switched to the use of telecommunications for consultation. Telewound care requires that patients be willing to perform wound care on their own; however, whether patients are willing to do so remains unknown.

Haptoglobin 2-2 genotype is associated with increased risk of cardiovascular disease in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: a matched case-control study.

Introduction: Traditional risk factors do not fully explain the increased risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). The 2-2 genotype confers a lower anti-oxidant and higher inflammatory effect on the vasculature compared to the non- 2-2 genotype. This study investigates the association of the genotype with CVD in patients with RA.

Factors associated with foot self-care behaviour and foot screening attendance in people with type 2 diabetes: a cross-sectional study in primary care.

Objectives: To assess the factors associated with foot self-care behaviour and non-adherence to foot screening among patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM).

Design And Setting: A multicentre cross-sectional study was undertaken in seven primary care polyclinics in Singapore between October 2020 and December 2021.

Participants And Outcomes: 275 adults (male 55.

Adverse Local Tissue Reaction and Osteolysis After Ceramic-on-Ceramic Total Hip Arthroplasty.

Adverse local tissue reaction (ALTR) and osteolysis formation are more frequently described complications after total hip arthroplasty (THA) with metal-on-metal bearings. In this report, we present a unique case of ALTR and osteolysis formation with ceramic-on-ceramic bearing THA, which has been less commonly described in the existing literature. This rare case occurred in a 54-year-old patient who had a primary THA done 17 years prior to representing to our institution.