This transition has been accompanied by changes in chronic disease profiles, i.e. colorectal cancer rates have doubled and breast cancer rates have tripled over the past three decades (Seow et al., 2004). Today, cancer is the commonest cause of death in Singapore, and lung, colorectal and...
Health-related quality of life of patients with inflammatory bowel disease in Singapore. However, the HRQoL of IBD patients in non-Western countries are limited. Hence, we assessed the HRQoL of Singaporean IBD patients and identified its ... M Yue,Wenjia,Y Ying,... - 《Intestinal Research》...
The epidemiology of atopic dermatitis at a tertiary referral skin center in Singapore. Atopic dermatitis is a common chronic, relapsing, pruritic ecematous skin condition with a predilection for the flexural areas and occurs in patients with ... YK Tay,BP Khoo,CL Goh - 《Asian Pacific Journal ...
Several studies, particularly from Northern and North-West India, have also documented the presence of CD in children presenting with chronic diarrhea[64]. Middle East It seems likely that the prevalence of CD in the Middle East is similar to that of Europe[65]. CD is a relatively common ...
Prevalence and influencing factors of fear of disease progression among cancer survivors in China: a meta-analysis[J]. Chinese Journal of Public Health, 2023, 39(2): 170-176. DOI: 10.11847/zgggws1138235 Citation: SU Si-hui, WANG Jia-lin, TANG Ping, . Prevalence and influencing factors ...
(FAST), Agile 3+ and Agile 4 scores. Impaired renal function and chronic kidney disease (CKD) were defined by an estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) with value of < 90 mL/min/1.73 m2 and < 60 mL/min/1.73 m2 , respectively, as estimated by the CKD-Epidemiology Collaboration (...
DM is considered as the most widespread chronic disease of the world, and the figure of diabetic population is mounting worldwide along with a raise in population, aging, urbanization, and pollution. Increase in the occurrence of obesity and reduced physical activity are also responsible for such...
Depression often runs a chronic course and substantially impairs an individual’s occupational potential7 and quality of life8,9. The World Health Organisation (WHO) predicted that by the year 2020, depression will rank second in global disease burdens and one of the priority conditions covered by...
Myopic maculopathy prevalence was not significantly associated with sex; region of habitation; level of education; ethnicity; prevalence of arterial hypertension, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, chronic kidney disease, diabetes, and inflammatory liver disease; hearing loss; depression score; or ...
Axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA) is a chronic inflammatory disease that predominantly affects the axial skeleton, although it can affect peripheral joints, and extra-musculoskeletal manifestations also occur. Historically, axSpA was thought to be a disease predominantly seen in men, although with the adven...