had secondary RLS associated with end-stage renal dis-ease, iron-deficiency anemia or pregnancy. Patients werealso excluded if they had a history of alcohol or drugabuse, previous intolerance to dopamine agonists, or weresuffering from other clinically relevant conditions affect-ing assessmen[r]
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was elderly (65+ year-old) residents of Gangneung City, South Korea. Twenty two of the 222senior day centres were randomly selected.Results: 687 people were invited and 668 participated in the study (response rate: 97.2%). Thestandardized Cronbach's alpha coefficie[r]
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(36 with peripheral, 32 with central, and 26 with mixed pain) and 70 with NNP was enrolled. Thequestionnaire was reliable [Cronbach's alpha coefficient: 0.71, inter-rater agreement coefficient:0.80 (0.71–0.89), and test-retest intra-class correlation coefficient: 0.95 (0.92–0.97[r]
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received 8 weeks of treatment, however, parents scoredclose to the population mean. This study provided amore complete clinical picture tha n if information hadbeen collected from only one perspective on percei vedhealth. The figures from these studies, and another studyu[r]
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used, results from all countries are directly comparable.Questionnaires were completed in an electronic data cap-ture device (ECD), which ensures that all questions areanswered in full. Although ECD technology is becomingan increasing part of clinical trials, it is not yet widelyavailable,
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they were troubled by something (daily activity limitations/emotional troubles). These items yieldeda significant amount of missing or inconsistent data (50%). The resulting factor analysis suggestedfour domains: symptoms, daily life impact, psychosocial impact, and treatment sa[r]