Publications by authors named "M R van Acht"
The lifestyle of psoriasis patients and their motivation to change.
J Eur Acad Dermatol Venereol
October 2024
In paediatric psoriasis, few studies have evaluated methotrexate effectiveness, adverse events and folic acid regimen. Therefore this study prospectively assessed methotrexate adverse events and effectiveness in paediatric patients with psoriasis in a real-world setting. Furthermore, gastrointestinal adverse events and methotrexate effectiveness were compared between folic acid regimens (5 mg once weekly vs 1 mg 6 times weekly).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: To evaluate the effect of lifestyle changes on the severity of psoriasis and the quality of life in patients with psoriasis.
Methods: For this narrative review, PubMed, Embase and ClinicalTrials.gov were searched for lifestyle intervention studies with an intervention duration of at least 12 weeks.
Background: Vital sign measurements in hospitalized patients by nurses are time consuming and prone to operational errors. The Checkme, a smart all-in-one device capable of measuring vital signs, could improve daily patient monitoring by reducing measurement time, inter-observer variability, and incorrect inputs in the Electronic Health Record (EHR). We evaluated the accuracy of self measurements by patient using the Checkme in comparison with gold standard and nurse measurements.
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- The study examined how gender and age affect the prescribing of palliative radiotherapy for cancer patients with bone metastases, specifically looking at pain and patient-reported outcomes.
- An analysis of 847 patients showed that while men reported more dyspnea and mild pain at the start, women and younger patients reported greater improvements in mood and enjoyment of life after treatment.
- The findings concluded that all patient groups experienced similar benefits in pain relief from therapy, suggesting that palliative re-irradiation should be available to all patients regardless of gender or age.