Moderate/severe Depression (MADRS) Can Affect the Quality of Life and Outcome Among Patients Admitted to Breast Cancer Diagnosis Unit.

Aim: The Montgomery-Asberg Depression Rating Scale (MADRS) is one of the most widely used examiner rating instruments for screening, diagnosis and measuring the severity of depression. However, the long-term predictive value of the MADRS in patients admitted to the breast cancer diagnosis unit (BCDU) is unknown.

Patients And Methods: In the Kuopio Breast Cancer Study women with breast symptoms were evaluated for the total MADRS score before any diagnostic procedures.

Beck Depression Inventory as a Predictor of Long-term Outcome Among Patients Admitted to the Breast Cancer Diagnosis Unit: A 25-year Cohort Study in Finland.

Aim: The Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) is one of the most widely used instruments for measuring the severity of depression. However, there has been no prospective study to investigate the long-term outcome in patients admitted to Breast Cancer Diagnosis Units.

Patients And Methods: In the Kuopio Breast Cancer Study, women with breast symptoms were evaluated for total BDI score before any diagnostic procedures were carried out.

Does the Rectus Sheath Block Analgesia Reduce the Inflammatory Response Biomarkers' IL-1ra, IL-6, IL-8, IL-10 and IL-1β Concentrations Following Surgery? A Randomized Clinical Trial of Patients with Cancer and Benign Disease.

Aim: To evaluate whether the post-surgery placement of the rectus sheath block analgesia (RSB) reduces the inflammatory response following surgery. The main hypothesis of our study was to find any correlation between patients' pain experience, numeric rating scale (NRS) postoperatively and concentrations of inflammatory response biomarkers, such as interleukin-1 receptor antagonist (IL-1ra), IL-6, IL-8, IL-10, IL-1β, in patients with benign disease and cancer.

Patients And Methods: Initially, 46 patients with midline laparotomy were randomized to the placebo group (n=11) and to one of the three active groups; single-dose (n=12), repeated-dose (n=12) and continuous infusion (n=11) RSB analgesia groups.

Feasibility of radiological markers in idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus.

Background: Various radiological markers have been proposed for diagnostics in idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus (iNPH). We examined the usefulness of radiological markers in the diagnostics and prediction of shunt response in iNPH.

Method: In this retrospective cohort study, we evaluated brain CT or MRI scans of 390 patients with suspected iNPH.

Agreement between hopelessness/helplessness and Montgomery-Asberg Depression Rating Scale in healthy individuals and in patients with benign breast disease and breast cancer: a prospective case-control study in Finland.

Background: The relation between scoring for hopelessness/helplessness and the Montgomery-Asberg Depression Rating Scale (MADRS) in healthy study subjects (HSS) and in patients with benign breast disease (BBD) and breast cancer (BC) has not been compared in a prospective study. We, therefore, investigated hopelessness and helplessness scores versus the MADRS in 115 patients.

Patients And Methods: In the Kuopio Breast Cancer Study, 115 women with breast symptoms were evaluated for hopelessness and helplessness, and for the MADRS before any diagnostic procedures were carried out.

Emotional personality/proximity versus emotional authenticity in patient-physician communication in healthy study participants, and in patients with benign breast disease, and breast cancer: a prospective case-control study in Finland.

Background/aim: The associations between emotional personality, proximity and authenticity in patient-physician communication during breast cancer (BC) consultations are rarely considered together in a prospective study. We, therefore, investigated emotional personality/proximity versus authenticity in patient-physician communication in healthy study subjects (HSS) and in patients with benign breast disease (BBD) and breast cancer (BC).

Patients And Methods: In the Kuopio Breast Cancer Study, 115 women with breast symptoms were evaluated regarding emotional personality, proximity and authenticity in their a patient-physician communication before any diagnostic procedures were carried-out.

The relation of hopelessness/helplessness versus beck depression inventory (BDI) in healthy individuals and in patients with benign breast disease and breast cancer: a prospective case-control study in Finland.

Background/aim: The relation between hopelessness/helplessness versus the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) in healthy study subjects (HSS) and in patients with benign breast disease (BBD) and breast cancer (BC) has not been compared in a prospective study before. We, therefore, investigated hopelessness and helplessness versus the BDI in 115 patients.

Patients And Methods: In the Kuopio Breast Cancer Study, 115 women with breast symptoms were evaluated for hopelessness and helplessness versus the BDI before any diagnostic procedures were carried out.

The self-rating score (SRS) versus the examiner rating score (ERS) in measuring helplessness in healthy individuals and in patients with benign breast disease and breast cancer: a prospective case-control study in Finland.

Background: The self-rating score (SRS) versus examiner rating score (ERS) in measuring helplessness in healthy study subjects (HSS) and in patients with benign breast disease (BBD) and breast cancer (BC) has not been yet compared in a prospective study. We, therefore, investigated SRS versus ERS in 115 patients.

Patients And Methods: In an extension of the Kuopio Breast Cancer Study 115 women with breast symptoms were evaluated for hopelessness versus helplessness before any diagnostic procedures were carried-out.